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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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DAIKER, v. Also decker. To set in order; to lay out (a corpse) (w.Sc. 1825 Jam.²); to deck out, decorate (Per., Ayr. 1900 E.D.D.), “to titivate” (Ags. (Dundee) 1937 (per Slg.³)). Gen. followed by oot (out). [′dekər]Sc. 1820 Blackwood's Mag. (Sept.) 652:
If she binna as dink and as lady-like a corse as ye ever looked upon, say Madge Mackittrick's skill has failed her in daikering out a dead dame's flesh.Sc. 1868 G. Webster Strathbrachan III. i.:
When we see one dinkit and deckered out like a Venus.Sc. 1880 L. B. Walford Troublesome Daughters I. i. ii.:
Your room will be daikert by the time it's wanted.Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxvii.:
The chaise . . . was elegantly daikered oot wi' evergreens, while the horses carried a profusion o' pink ribbons aboot their heads.