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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mak,) Maik, v.2 [e.m.E. make (1463, 1522), f. Mak n.1] a. intr. Of animals: To mate, pair. b. tr. ? To mate (domestic animals). c. To match, standardise (measures). —1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 53.
The snaw quhyte dow oft to the gray maik will 1527–8 Selkirk B. Ct. (ed.) 94.
We maik the swyne efter the tenor of the auld act 1625 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. II. 312.
[To pay] for not production of ther mesouris to the deane to be maikit being varnit
