A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hard weik, wyk, n. Also: hart weik. [Hardis n.] = hardis weik, Hardis n. b. —1551 Edinb. B. Rec. II. 159.
That all candilmakeris ... sell the pund thairof ... for nyne pennyis the rag weik and aucht pennyis the hart weik1560 Ib. III. 84.
[Candles to be sold at 8d the] hard week 1577 Ib. IV. 61.
That the candyll makarris … sell the pund wecht of thair candyll ragwyk … for xvj d. the pund, and the hard wyk for xv d. 1595 Ib. V. 146.
The candill [to be sold] for xxx d. the pund rag weik and xxviij hard weik
