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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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†AIKER, n.3 (See quot.)Rxb. 1825 Jam.2:
The motion, break, or movement made by a fish in the water, when swimming fast.

[Etym. uncertain. Mid.Eng. has akyr, as in Prompt. P. c. 1440, akyr of the sea flowynge, Impetus maris. Cf. acker in Eng. dial.: “In Craven Dial., Acker is a ripple on the water,” Way, 1865, in Prompt. P. 8. The identity of eagre, high tidal wave, with acker “is not clearly indicated by the sense, and is very doubtful” (N.E.D.).]

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