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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Ilka, a.¹ Also: ilke, ilk a. [North. and north midl. ME. ilka (a 1300), also ilk(e) a.]

1. Each, every = Ilk a.²1.(1) c1420 Wynt. iv. 2547 (C).
Ilka man in thar cite Qwhar … born was he … Suld cum ?1438 Alex. ii. 8159.
xl thousand … That deidly thame hates. ilka man c1450-2 Howlat 880.
Now ilka foull of the firth a fedder sall ta a1500 Gol. & Gaw. 474.
Ilka souerane his ensenye shewin has thair 1514 Red Bk. Grandtully I. 47.
Saiffand ilka mannis richt a1500 Peblis to Play 230.
At Beltane ilka bodie bound To Peiblis to the play a1598 Ferg. Prov. (1641) 12 b.
Ilke a man as he loves, let him send to the cooks(2) 1449 Melville Chart. 33.
His eme sal recompence … his saide scathis, ilka peny or peny wortht 1596 Dalr. I. 151/2.
In quhatsaeuir place ilka stane was sett a1598 Ferg. Prov. (MS.) No. 852.
Ilk a corne hes the chaff 1686 Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 39.
Latin he speaks at ilka sentence(3) a1400 Leg. S. ii. 68.
Quhare twa ȝer ay He liffit, in prechinge ilka day Agane the Jowis c1420 Wynt. viii. 7203.
Ilka yere a justry He gert hald rycht fellonly c1475 Wall. iv. 500.
Thar vij dayis baide he; On ilka nycht thai spoilȝeid besyle c1500-c1512 Dunb. vi. 39.
Quhar drink and draff may ilka day Be cassyne super faciem meam(4) 1375 Barb. viii. 26.
James of Douglas … Had spyis out on ilka syde Ib. xvi. 367. c1420 Wynt. iv. 605 (C).
The Sitikkis … Costayande thaim on ilka syde

2. Each (of two). c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 82.
A stanchell hang in ilka lug

Ilka, Ilk a, a.² [Analogically substituted for Ilk a.¹] — With that or this: The same. — 14.. Burgh Laws c. 106 (A).
In that ilka steid a1500 Seven S. 68. c1420 Wynt. iv. 2549 (C).
Ilka man … to that ilka [R. ilke] towne … Suld cum Ib. vii. 1682.
That ilka [v.rr. ilk] day a1500 Henr. III. 19/41.
To morne this ilk a tyde