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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1460-1508, 1606-1617, 1700+
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(Stekit,) Stikit, Stickit, -ed, ppl. adj.1 [ME and e.m.E. stiked (a1330), styked (Chaucer), stikkyd (Prompt. Parv.), sticked (1565); Stek(e v.1] Pierced, stabbed, in sense 1 of the verb. b. specif. Of a pig: Stuck. — 1460 Hay Alex. 2172.
Mycht nane gang in that hall for stikit men a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 548 (B).
Hangit mangit Eddirstangit … Pickit wickit stickit convickit lamp lullardorum 1606 Birnie Kirk-b. xiv.
The corps of sticked Tarquin —b. 1617 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. II 218.
[The Sheriff Depute, after hearing proof, allowed 30 merks for the three] stikit [pigs] 1713 Wodrow Analecta II 154.
In a litle time you shall be brought into this very church, like a sticked sou
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