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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Holkit, ppl. adj. Also: hoikit. [f. Holk v.] Hollowed (out), made hollow by digging or otherwise. a1500 Henr. III. 156/4.
Behauld our heidis thre, Oure holkit ene
Ib. 32.
With pelit powis and holkit thus ȝour heid
c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 164.
Hiddowis, haw, and holkit is thyne ee
1513 Doug. i. vi. 10.
Vnderneth the holkit hingand rochis
Ib. ii. i. 48.
To rype that holkit huge belly
1531 Bell. Boece I. p. xxxvii.
Ane stane, … holkit in the middis
1533 Boece xiv. xiv. 568 b.
Ane tre bois and holkit
c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1528.
Holkit glennis and hie montanis
1560 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 79.
Ane lowmpe of tre holkit for [holding] the oyle

b. Dug up, full of pits or holes. 1577 Glasgow B. Rec. (M.C.) 72.
The skynnaris wennal is sa hoikit that na persoun may pas

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