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Daker, Daiker, n. Also: dacre, dakar, -ir, -yr; dalker, dakkir, dacker; dekar, daicker, dailker. [OF. dakere, dacre, med. L. dacra, also dicra, dikera, ME. diker, e.m.E. dicker.]

1. A set of ten hides; a dicker.(a) 1449 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 18.
Ilke merchande man sal gif … a grot of ilke dacre of hidis(b) 14.. Acts I. 304/2.
Of ilk dakir of hydis sauld in dakir i d. Ib.
Of a dakyr of hynd calwis, thre half peniis 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
Of ilk dakir of hydis cumand on land in Leith … ij d. 1498 Halyb. 158.
Rasauit out of the said Tonis 13 dakar and 2 hydis. Som of the 13 dakar ii li. xiv s. 1508 Rentale Dunkeld. 3.
Nyne dakir and thre hiddis, the price of the hid sex schillingis 1540 Maxwell Mem. I. 280.
Sewin last of buttir, sewin dakar hidis 1559 Inverness B. Rec. I. 29.
The ressett of vij dakyr benokis conforme to hys merchand byll 1584 Edinb. Test. XIII. 323.
Thrie dakar of barkit hydis in his bark-troch 1597 Halyb. p. cxiv.
The daker of selche skinis 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 147.
In halfe ane quarter of skinnes, or in halfe ane daker of hydes 1641 Stirling Chart. 152.
Cujusvis lie daker coriorum … sex denarios 1669 Conv. Burghs III. 619.
Which hyds wer by ane brocker … boght be the daker and not by the weight(c) 1588 Ayr Chart. 56.
Everie daiker of hydeis twelf pennyis 1597 Skene Verb. S. s.v. Serplaith.
Ten hides makis ane daiker, and twentie daiker makis ane last 1601 Brechin Test. I. 222.
Tua daiker of barket ledder, prece of ilk daicker xxvj li. 1660 Ann. Banff.I. 142.
For everie daiker of lether importit and exportit be wnfriemen, 6s. 8d. 1688 Brechin Test. VII. 188.
Halfe a daicker of roch leather(d) 1562 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 350.
Ane half dakkir of roche ledder 1568 Edinb. Test. I. 153 b.
vij dalker of hyddis … price of the dalker x li. 1591 St. A. Test. II. 171.
Of barket and grene ledder in the pottis fyve dalkeris, price of the dalker xx lib. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. 82.
Lot, cut, and cavill hes place in ane half dacker of hides

2. A set of ten (necklaces or knives). 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII. 271.
Four daikers of beids estimat all to xx s. 1673 Leith Customs 22.
9 daiker of course knives