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Hawkit, Halkit, Hak(k)it, adj. Also: hawket, haukyt; halkit, -ed; hackit, haket, -ed; haikit. [Of obscure origin. Also in 17th cent. Eng. as hawked.] Of cattle: having white spots or streaks.(a) c1500-c1512 Dunb. xxxiii. 104.
He maid a hundreth nolt all hawkit Beneth him with a spowt
1520 Alloway Ct. Bk. (MS.) 23 Oct.
Ane blak hawket ox
1530 Wigtown B. Ct. 236 b (5 Nov.).
A blak haukyt kov
1688 Kirkcudbr. Test. (Reg. H.) 7 March.
The hawket cowe
(b) a1500 Colk. Sow 230.
Hogy … With the halkit hoglyn
1577 Edinb. Test. V. 295 b.
Ane halkit quoy of tua ȝeir auld
1578 Ib. VI. 77 b.
Tua oxin brandit, halkit
1628 Dumfries Test. I a. 165 b.
Of the quhilk kay thair is twa of them halkit and bellit
1662 Highland P. III. 4.
Twa halked ky
1687 Elgin Hornings VI. 129 b.
The pryce of ane read halked ox
(c) 1563 Prot. Bk. J. Drummond 30.
ix oxin … , ane dwue hackit, … ane barit blak backit
1575 Edinb. Test. III. 376 b.
Ane hakkit cow and calf
1576 Ib. IV. 113.
Ane blak haket kow
1597 Ib. XXXI. 94.
He leuis … to … his oyis … the hakit cow
1663 Melrose Reg. Rec. II. 84.
[The price of] ane hackit kow
1694 Lanark Presb. 121.
The cow … was a haked black brownish collour
(d) 1630 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II. 318.
A broun haikit ox

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