Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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AIKELSPECKLED, pp.adj. Of cloth: mildewed, mouldy (Ork. 1929 Marw.). [A conflation of speckled, from the blotchy appearance, and Aikaspire, itself a corruption of Acherspyre, v., q.v.]
