Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1725-1826
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ALAKE, int. Sc. form of alack. Now archaic and poetical. [ə′lek]Sc. 1725 Ramsay G. Shepherd (1728) Act II. Sc. iii.:
Alake! what can I do, That underneath baith Eild and Poortith bow?Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 26:
Gin ye alake haud headlong on Your mad career.Edb. 1773 R. Fergusson Sc. Poems (1925) 54:
Alake! the byword's o'er weel kend throughout, "Prophets at hame are held in nae repute."Ayr. 1786 Burns Scotch Drink xiv.:
Alake! that e'er my Muse has reason, To wyte her countrymen wi' treason!
