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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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HAIK, n.² Also haick. Sc. forms of Eng. hack, a horse or horse-drawn vehicle let out for hire.Edb. 1773 Fergusson Poems (1925) 36:
Around whare'er ye fling your een, The Haiks like wind are scourin'.Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xi.:
He was riding on a haick they ca'd Souple Sam — it belanged to the George at Dumfries — it was a blood-bay beast, very ill o' the spavin.Sc. 1823 Scott Letters (Cent. ed.) VII. 325:
The Clerks of Court only able to make their way in a noble haik with four horses.