Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CYUCK, n. A word imitative of the cry of the jackdaw. [kjʌk]Ayr. 1912 G. Cunningham Verse 111:
The very cyaw forgets his sorrows, And len's his cyuck to swall the chorus.
