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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Strikand, -ing, ppl. adj. Also: straikeand, stry(c)k-, strick-, straik-, strek-, streiking. [e.m.E. striking; pres. p. of Strik(e v.]

1. ? Tough, skilled in fighting. 1543 Corr. M. Lorraine 48.
Assuring your grace that ther cuntre folk ar strikand men and nocht like the folkis that my lord governour mett last with

2. fig. Piercing; stabbing. 15.. Clar. iv 1483.
Jelosie … Whairof the straikeand unsufferabill [stound] The breist assaillis

3. Of a clock or watch: Constructed so as to be capable of striking.(a) 1637 Edinb. Test. LVIII 88.
Stryking mwntir of gold with ane waukner pryce thairof iiij s. merkis 1645 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. III 43.
A striking knok with the kes furnishit 1646 Edinb. Test. LXII 69.
Ane stryking muntar pryce thairof xl lib 1649 Wemyss Chart. II 233.
My striking knouk an my grit brotherd bebell(b) 1625 Ellon Par. 69.
[A yearly payment to Walter Annand for] ruleing the strycking clocke(c) 1638 Elphinstone Mun. 13/1.
[A] straiking knok to stand on ane table(d) 1542 Acts & Decr. I 141.
Ane streking knok with bellis efferand thairto 1643 Edinb. Test. LX 270b.
Twa streking knokis estimat boith to lvj lib. 1679 Stirling Common Good 129.
For weightis to the streiking pace of the knock 12 s. 1687–8 Stirling B. Rec. II 330.
Item, to towes to the streking pace of the clock

b. Stricking wark, the striking mechanism (of a clock). 1621-40 Melville Commonpl. Bk. 29.
The stricking wark hath in the peas quheill of tooth … 64