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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Hak, v. Also: hack. [ME. hakke, hacke (c 1200), OE. *haccian (tó-haccian).] tr. and intr. To hack, hew, cut. a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 980.
He ... Hakkit throw the hard weid a1500 Henr. Fab. 2096.
He hakkit doun ane staf 1486 Prestwick B. Rec. 31.
He come in the rowm of the mos & hakkit his pettis c1420 Wynt. vii. 3130 (W).
Thai fand thar mawmentis … hakkit in to pecis small 1513 Doug. ii. ix. 114.
That ryal prince … lyis ded, … and of hakkit his hed Ib. x. 107.
The lauboreris … byssely hak and hew A mekil ayk 1526 Acta Conc. MS. XXXVI. 58.
Certan prentene irnis … hakkit and the prent of thaim distroyit c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 1347.
Like boucheouris hakkand on their stokks 1597 Crim. Trials II. 25.
Scho … hakkit a hoill with ane knyffe 1648 Tulliallan Coal Wks. 56 b.
The men that helpit wp the couples till they wer hackitt