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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Siket,) Syketh, Sichet, Sychet, n. [Late OE and ME (Latinised) sichet- (c1130), siket- (1201 in Latham), sikett- (1300), e.m.E. sicket (1550); Sike n.] Only Latinised in defining boundaries in charters: A small watercourse. —(a) c1220 Liber Dryburgh 81.
Ab eo loco quo siketus … cadit in Leder 1240 Inchcolm Chart. 17.
Ascendendo per illud syketh quod est ex occidentali parte Glasgely c1320 Liber Calchou 199.
Ascendendo per illum syketum … qui siketus est antiqua marchia —(b) c1220–6 Inchcolm Chart. 11.
Per illum sichet qui appellatur Goddesleth 1319 Reg. Dunferm. 149.
Ascendendo … per vnum sychetum se extendentem apud le Aly