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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1549
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(Quake), Quaik, interj. [e.m.E. quake (Skelton): cf. also the verbs e.m.E. quake (1567) to quack, ME queke(n (c 1325), e.m.E. que(c)k id., and e.m.E. quacke (1617) id., and Du. kwakken to quack, Germ. quaken to croak, quack, quäken to squeak, Icel. kvaka to twitter, and Quake n.2, all of imitative origin.] An imitation of the duck's ‘quack’. — 1549 Complaynte of Scotland 39/11.
The dukis cryit quaik
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