Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1750, 1877
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LUCK, v.3 Also phs. misprint, lick. To lock, shut up, fasten, enclose (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems Gl.), to draw in.Per. 1750 Session Papers, Magistrates of Perth v. Gray (9 Jan.) 18:
About the time the Pyroad Boat begins to luck or take in the Head-rope.Lnk. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 16:
An' cannilie, for fear of scares, The cat was lickit up the stairs.
