A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1604-1605, 1692
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Hukit, Huikit, a. ? Also: houkit. [e.m.E. hooked, ME. hoked, OE. hócede.] Hooked; barbed. —1513 Doug. III. viii. 146 (Sm.).
How oft he turnis our his irkit [E. hukit] syde a1605 Montg. Misc. P. vi. 16.
My hopeless hairt … Is hoild and hurt with Cupids huikit heeds1692 Foulis Acc. Bk. 147.
For … a mainshekell, a houkit clout to the poull end
