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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1857-1890

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INDICK, v. Sc. form of Eng. indict. Pa.p. indicket; n.deriv. indickment.Per. 1857 J. Stewart Sketches 69:
Ye should be indicket, John Tod.Lnk. 1890 H. Muir Rutherglen 12:
The clerk . . . read the indickment against ilka lad.

[The form is not strictly dialectal and is based on the Eng. spelling indict, rather than on the pronunciation, on analogy with Restrick, etc.]

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