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Ilk, a.² Also: ilk(e, ylk(e, elk. [North. and east midl. ME. ylk(e, ilk (a 1300), ilc, illc (c 1200), OE. (Mercian) ylc (once).]

1. Each, every, of a number of persons (esp. man), things, places, times, etc.a (1) 1375 Barb. vi. 575.
He bad … ilk man hald his way Ib. xv. 64 (E).
Ilk man [C. ilkane] fled thair wayis ser c1420 Wynt. i. Prol. 43.
Tyll ilke mannys wndyrstanding ?1438 Alex. ii. 3235.
All that euer sawe thame Ferleid on thame, ilk man 1456 Hay I. 271/28.
Than ilke man wate quhat he has ado 1517 Acta Conc. MS. XXIX. 21.
Ylke man of the Ylis that … makis fath 1549 Compl. 25/13.
Ilk man sal be aduersair tyl his nychtbour a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 13.
Ilk man mend ane, and all will be mendit c1650 Spalding I. 59.
Thay … kest wp the yettis … and ilk man to do for himself(2) ?1438 Alex. ii. 2165.
Ilk knicht also is haldin well To help … ane damysell 1476 Acta Aud. 57/2.
Ilk soytour … and thar lordis, ilkman be him self a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 1040.
Ilk berne hes bene vnbundin with blame 1525 Dundee B. Laws 543.
Ilk maister of the said craft 1528 Lynd. Dreme 1071.
Ilke flattrer thow fleme frome thy presence 1573 Sat. P. xlii. 958.
Had ilk preichour Into the mater bene als frak a1570-86 Maitland Maitl. F.xcv. 52.
Clemmettis Hob Fra ilk pure wiff revis thair wob 1636 Misc. Spald. C. V. 225.
Ilk miller sall bring in the fermes … to the girneris 1646 Irvine Mun. II. 64.
To elect … ane boxmaister to ilk severall craftb. 1445 Edinb. Chart. 67.
Of ilk twn of girnale gude … iiij d. c1450-2 Howlat 607.
Ilk branche and beugh bowit thaim till 1456 Acts II. 45/2.
To mak cartis of weire and in ilk cart twa gunnys 1495 Paisley B. Rec. 51.
[Customs] extending ilk tyme to … thre skor of pwndis 1502–3 Treas. Acc. II. 201.
Ilk tymir contenand xl bestis, and for ilk pece x d. 1550 Stirling B. Rec. I. 58.
Takand for ilke fische breking ane d. 1560 Rolland Seven S. 426.
Vnder ilk nuik of his bed we sall lay Ane oliue leif 1641 Acts V. 418/1.
Ther being bot tuo boates to ilke shipe 1650 Banff Ann. I. 64.
Ilk barkit hydc. 1375 Barb. ii. 74.
[He] gert men, with his lettres, ryd To freyndis apon ilk sid 1387 Edinb. Chart. 35.
Alsua tha ylk men sal mak in ylk chapel … a window c1420 Wynt. iv. 2553.
Ilke kynryk, land and towne ?1438 Alex. ii. 4940.
In ilk stede 1466 (1471) Reg. Great S. 214/1.
The auld merchis … on ilkside quhare evir his landis reckit a1500 Rauf C. 137.
Of ilk airt of the eist sa laithly it laid 1513 Doug. ii. vii. 41.
Tha fay Gregionys, on ilk syde heir and thair 1572 Sat. P. xxxiii. 182.
Lords and lairds & commouns of ilk parische 1596 Dalr. I. 41/7.
Ȝit nocht in ilk place at ane tymed. 1375 Barb. xiv. 396.
Ilk day … Thai come the Scottis host so ner 1442 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 8.
That this burgh sal be wachit ilke nyght 1444 Ib. 12.
He sal vphald the ladymesse … on Twisdai … ilke owke for a yher 1481 Antiq. Aberd. & B. II. 329.
At ilke terme of Sancte Martyne 1485 Liber Colleg. Glasg. 196.
On ylk Fryday of the yere a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 315.
Thy elderis banis ilk nycht ryssis and rattillis 1576 Compl. Zetl. 28 b.
Continewalie, … ȝeirly and ilk ȝeir a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 3.
Ilke houre into the day 1622-6 Bisset I. 131/25.
Ilk day that the lordis sittise. 1503 Acts II. 242/1.
That thai haue for ilk act and cope of lettres for ilk pece iiij d. 1562-3 Winȝet I. 6/27.
O worthy nobilis of ilke degre within this realme 1587-99 Hume ii. 72.
The eares erected ar to heir … Ilk liuelie voice 1663 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 207.
For ilk transgression anent meitings or conventicles, … fyve hundreth merks

2. Each of two. c1420 Wynt. i. 694.
Sum … hawys … on ilke fut aucht tayis Ib. vi. 2059.
Off that ferry … A bate suld be on ilke syde 1425 Liber Melros 544.
The said parteis … schawand and pretendand thair … clamys on ilke syde 1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 152.
The gest … to be hewin … be him with tua frontellis, ane on ilk syde of the gest c1550 Lynd. Meldrum 634.
On ilk syde thair wes men slane

3. absol. Each person, each one. Also in collocations with uthir. ?1438 Alex. ii. 2004.
Quhen the ladeis hard him sa louit Ilk of thame on uther gouit c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matth. xxv. 15.
To ilk eftir his avne virtue Id. 1 John iii. 23.
That we lufe ilk vther 1596 Dalr. I. 77/9.
Ilk knew vthir weil Ib. 233/1.
Domitius and the vther sevin, ilk … doeng quhat he … mycht