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

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Pik, Pyk(e, v.1 [ME. and e.m.E. piken (c 1300), pik (north., 14th c.), picke (1611), OE. (ȝe)pician f. pic Pik n.1] tr. To coat or smear (something) with pitch. —a1400 Leg. S. xii. 51.
A cowyne Tha mad til hyme met … & pykyt withovt That of wet it had na dowt & closit it
1512 Treas. Acc. IV. 291.
Ane coppir ketill … to pik the takle in

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