Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1834-1962
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BAUK, BAAK, BACK, BAK, n.3 Also baulk. A rope, esp. the head rope in fishing lines and nets; also applied in salmon-fishing to a row of fishermen with Halve-nets. See 1962 quot. See also Back-rope. [bɑ(:)k]Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.:
Baak, . . . the principal rope to which nets or fishing-lines are attached.Cai.1 1932Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
Bak, piece of a long-line of a certain length, a line-b[ak], de b[ak] o' de line.Sh. 1914 Angus Gl.:
Baak, the bolt-rope of a herring-net.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Back, . . . a rope from which nets are hung — also called back-rope — the "headline of fishing net." . . . the main line of a fishing "long-line" — from which the hooks are suspended by short snoods.Crm. 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. 284:
The crew that first hauled applied the knife to their neighbours' baulks and meshes.Mry. 1894 J. Slater Seaside Idylls (1898) 44–45:
I've been thinkin' tae hing mine wi' shorter headbaaks this year.Mry.1 1927:
Bauk, baak, a thick fishing line, the rope holding the bottom of the herring nets.Dmf. 1962 Stat. Acc.3 156:
The haaf-net fishermen occasionally fish on their own but as a general rule they prefer to join together to form a "back"-a line at right angles to the bank, so that the whole fishable area is systematically covered.
