Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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Quotation dates: 1822
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†MACK, adj. Also mak (Jam.). Neat, tidy (Rxb. 1825 Jam., 1923 Watson W.-B.).
Hence derivs.: macklike, neat, business-like (Slk. 1825 Jam.; Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.); seemly, well-proportioned (e.Sc. 1825 Jam.); apt, suitable (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.); compar. macker-like (Slk. 1825 Jam.); makly, seemly, well-proportioned (Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. Gl.).Slk. 1822 Hogg Perils of Man II. 70:
It would be far mair mack-like, and far mair feasible, to send yon great clan o' ratten-nos'd chaps to help our master, than to have them lying idle.
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