A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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*Hakin, vbl. n. [Hak v.] That which is hacked; ? corn which, being too short to be held by the hand when being cut with the hook, is cut using the hook like a scythe: see SND., s.v. Hack v. 3. —1689 Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct. Deeds II. 339.
[He is to have. .half an acre of the fourth crop free from the master's part, the] hakins of the lay and avill braks [etc.]
