Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PUCK, n., v.
I. n. A leather strap used for punishing schoolboys, a Tawse (Edb. 1957). Heriot's Hosp. slang.
II. v. To punish with the strap, to belt (Edb. 1966).
[Cf. Eng. dial puck, to hit, strike, a stroke, associated with the root of poke.]
