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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Pik, Pyk, n.5 [? Echoic in origin; but cf. Pik v.2 1.] ? The sound of the point of a dart striking metal or ? a stroke with something pointed. — 1513 Doug. ii. ix. 64.
The ald waykly … A dart dyd cast quhilk with a pyk [Sm. pik] gan stynt On his harnes
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