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Ilkie, Ilky, later var. of Ilka adj.¹ (every). — 1415 (a 1443) Cop. St. A. 214.
Payand ... for ilky aker xx^ti d. 1471 (1476) Maxwell Mem. I. 185.
Vithin xx dayis next efter ilky terme 1596 Dalr. I. 32/3.
Thair. herdis keipis the ky, bot the oxne nocht, except ane with ilkie draue Ib. 278/20.
He … slays thame amaist ilkie man