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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1512-1680
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Pik, Pyk, n.4 Also: pick, pyck. [ME. pik (1314), 17th c. Eng. pick (north., 1633). See also Pike n.2] A pike, the freshwater fish. = Pike n.2 1512 Household Bk. Jas. IV 6 b.
For ane pyk vi d. 1552 (c 1580) Edinb. B. Rec. II. 169.
Ane last pik 1597 Stirling Ant. III. 309.
iiij small pyks 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 438.
Pyckes 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 3 Oct.
3 pycks 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 6.
Picks
b. A representation of a pike, in heraldry. —1680 Mackenzie Heraldry 61 (see Ged n.).
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