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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.

Quotation dates: 1880-1925

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SEEK, v.2 To percolate, soak, ooze (Kcd., Ags., Per., wm. and sm.Sc. 1969).Cld. 1880 Jam.:
The water's seekin' to my verra skin.Dmf. 1925 Trans. Dmf. and Gall. Antiq. Soc. XIII. 37:
It's queer that treacle will seke through a barrel that'ill haud in water.

[Orig. doubtful, phs. an extended meaning of Seek, v.1, 6. Cf. also Eng. dial. seak, id.]

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