A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1513, 1600-1658
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Practik(e, Practick(e, Pratek, adj. [ME (appar. once only, Wyclif) and e.m.E. practik(e, -ick, obs. F. practique, F. pratique, late L. practicus, f. as Practik n.] a. That is a matter of experience or skill; that constitutes a feat of skill; skilled, difficult. b. That has been recorded as a ‘case’ or precedent. Practik decreitis, = Practik n. 7 b. —a. 1513 Doug. i Prol. 290.
To follow a fixt sentens or mater Is mair practike [Sm. -ik] deficill and far strater … Than forto write all ways at liberte a1658 Durham Clavis Cantici 417.
It's no less practick (to say so) or it is no lesse difficult in belieuers walk, to reserve what store they haue gathered for Christ's use alone —b. 1600 Aberd. Council Lett. I 89.
With the extraks of pratek decreits 1638 Rec. Kirk Scotl. 10.
With all other ordinances, and practicke penalties whatsoever