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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Paikis, Pakes, n. pl. [Of unknown origin: ? related to, or derived f., Pluke n.¹; ? echoic or imitative. Cf. Paik v. Also in the mod. dials. of Scotland and north. England (Cum. and Wyks.).] A merited thrashing; due chastisement.Only in the phrases get (also beir, miss, etc.) one's paikis and give (someone) his paikis.(1) c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 70 (B).
How that thow, poysonit pelor, gat thy paikis [: aix] 1540 Lynd. Sat. 1321 (B).
Thay serve richt weill to get thair paikis [: smaikis] Ib. 1870.
Get I thame thay sall beir thair paikis [: glaikkis] 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 89.
They sall not misse thair paikis 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. i. 55.
After we had got our paiks [: glaiks] a 1700 Maidment New Bk. Old Ballads 15.(b) c 1685 Killychrankie 2 in Fugitive Poetry 1 Ser.
They gat their pakes with sudden strakes(2) 15.. Christis Kirk 227 (M).
He turnit and gaif thame bath thair paikis [: ax, smaikis, glaikis] 1570-3 Bann. Trans. 135.
And they gave ilk vther thare paikis 16.. Row Cupp of Bon-Accord 2.
That was when episcopacy came in, and then they gave the Kirk of Scotland her paiks 1666 Bk. Pasquils 233.
Some with a Lochaber axe Resolved to gie Dalziel his paiks