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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEUK, BEWK, BUKE, v., pa.t. and pa.p. of bake; now obsol. Pa.t. known to Abd.9 and Abd.22 1934. [bjuk]Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems 179:
Maggy by this has bewk the Supper-Scones.
Sc. 1737 Ramsay Sc. Proverbs 67:
They never beuk a good Cake but may bake an ill ane.
Abd. 1867 Mrs Allardyce Goodwife at Home xl.:
Miss Katie eest to leyk them weel: I buke them aye wi' fye.
Abd.19 (Rayne) 1931:
“Ony need for bakin?” “Na, na,” said Annie Diack, “A beuk on Fred-di.”

[O.Sc. buke, beuke, buik, O.E. bōc, pa.t. of bacan, to bake. For change of original ō before a back cons. cf. keuk, a cook, leuch, laughed, heuk, a hook.]

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