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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hud(e)pyk, Huidpyk, n. Also: hoodpik, hudipyk; hog-pyk. [App. f. Hude n.1, Pike v., with some obscure allusion.] A miser, mean person. —c1500-c1512 Dunb. xvi. 23.
Sum gevis to litill full wretchitly, That … for a huidpyk [B. sic hudipyk, M. Sa grit ane hudepyk] haldin is he Ib. xxvi. 59.
Hudpykis, hurdaris, and gadderaris a1585 Polwart Flyt. 207 (T).
Allas, puir hudpyk [Harl. hog-pyks, Hart hood-piks], hunger-bittin

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