A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1671-1672
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(Mak,) Makke, Mack, a. (Cf. late ME. make, mak (Prompt. Parv.) apt, fit, mod. south Sc. and north. Eng. dial. ma(c)k neat, tidy, suitable, seemly, well-proportioned, ON. mak-r suitable, becoming, comfortable, snug; and cf. Tidy a., = (of a cow) in calf or in milk. Cf. also Makly adv.) —1671 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Kirkcudbr. Sheriff Ct.) 7 Sept.
Eight makke kyne with ther followers 1672 M. Bruce Rattling Dry Bones 6.
For as unhappie like as they looked, yet O but our Master makes them look mack like when once he puts hand among them
