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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

SECK, n.2 Sack, a Spanish white wine, sherry.Mry. 1700 E. D. Dunbar Documents Prov. Mry. (1895) 15:
I drank your health with her and Peter Reid in a glass of your oune Seck.Sc. 1707 Foulis Acct. Bk. (S.H.S.) 465:
For a mutchkin new hard seck . . .12s. 0d.

[O.Sc. seck, sack wine, 1558, Early North. Mid.Eng. seake, ad. Fr. vin sec.]

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