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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1546-1547
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Nek, n.3 (? ; but cf. e.m.E. nicke (1637) a tooth or catch or some similar part of a watch, and mod. (19th c.) Sc. dial. nick a sprocket of a wheel (1858), and cf. Nik n.) — 1546–7 Ayr Common Good Acc.
For mending of tua nekkis to the knok, ij s.
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