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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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ILL-LIKE, v. Also -laek (Sh.). To dislike, mostly in ppl.adj. ill-likeit, disliked, unpopular. Gen.Sc. Vbl.n. ill-liken, a dislike, an “ill-liking”. [ɪl-′ləik]Sc. 1854 Hugh Miller My Schools and Schoolmasters 536:
I ill liked to see him with his back to the wall.Ayr. 1895 H. Ochiltree Redburn x.:
They've maist made me tak an ill-liken to my cousin Sandy — aye dingin it i' my lugs.Sh. 1922 J. Inkster Mansie's Röd 31:
Nae winder 'at doo's ill-laekit bi a' 'at iver kent dee.Abd. 1959 Huntly Express (27 March):
A'm never socht tae naething o' that kin' here. If it wisna that I get a' the funerals I wid think I wis real ill-likeit.
