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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sok, Sake, n.4 [? f. Sok n.3 (cf. Sok(k)at n.) or ? erron. for or altered form of Stok n.1] ? The base or socket by which something is attached or held firm, the stock (of a gun, anchor), the uprights (of a bed) (cf. OED Bedstock n. a bedstead). Also attrib. as sok beddis. —1545 Aberd. B. Rec. I 222.
To cause … sok the gwne at the blokhouise sufficientlie with ane guid soun sok 1575 Edinb. Test. III 372b (see Bed n. 2). 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 22a.
For sawing ane anker soke iii gros. For ane bout mending v gros. For ane anker soke xxiiii gros. For iii garens viii gros. For tereye nallis 1 gros half. For ane botis sake schafete ii gros —attrib. 1575 Edinb. Test. III 380.
Foure sok beddis of irne 1597 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 22a (see above ? attrib. with schafete (S(c)haft n.1)).
