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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Waknes, n. Also: waknesse, wacknes, wackenesse, uakkness. [Wak adj.] Moisture, dampness. b. With reference to the humours. (Cf. Wak adj. b.) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Luke viii 6.
Vthir [sc. seed] fell on a staan and it sprang vp and dryit for it had nocht moistour (or wacknes) c1520-c1535 Nisbet Ep. Ald Test. xlii 8.
As a tre … planntit ouir watris, quhilk sendis his rutis wacknes 1562 Knox Ressoning 172.
The tree … groweth by moistour and natural wacknes 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Mador, humor, waknesse 1581-1623 James VI Poems II 13/20.
Uith my teares I uatterr uill My bedd stokke uith thaire uakkness licht a1651 Calderwood II 341.
The wackenesse and coldnesse of the aire 1528 Lynd. Dreme 460.
Than past we vp quhare Jupiter … Satt in his speir … Complexionate with waknes and with heit