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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Scaikit, Skaikit, Skeikit, ppl. adj. [Of unknown origin. Cf. mod. Sc. dial. skaikit.] ? Striped, streaked. —1570 Edinb. Test. II 80b.
xij nycht bonnettis of taffeteis skeikit with silk 1581 Brechin Test. I 46.
Ane blak humill kow and ane skeikit stirk 1637 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II 462.
Ane broune skaikit [ed. skairit] ox 1640 Ib. 478.
[Oxen described as] tua black ane scaikit ane uther tagat ane humbill and the rest hornit
