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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1496
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Lek, n.2 [Prob. MLG. līk, Du. lijk, Germ. liek, bolt-rope, also leech and leech-line: cf. also ON. lík (Sw. lik, Da. lig), and ME. liche-, lichrop (1336–7), e.m.E. lych, litch, and leche (1485), leech, leach, bolt-rope, leech. Cf. also Linche n.] The bolt-rope of a sail. — 1496 Treasurer's Accounts I. 300.
To Dauid Gourlay [skipper] … for making of a bonat and the lek to it, with small takil and a tee … to the said schip
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