Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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QUAICK, n., int., v. Also quaik, quake. [kwek]
I. n., int. The call-sound made by a duck, a quack.Ayr. 1796 Burns Address to Deil viii.:
When wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, Amang the springs, Awa ye squatter'd like a drake.
II. v. To quack, as a duck (Bnff., Abd. 1967). Hence quaker, jocularly, a duck, with a pun on Quaker (Abd.31 1958).Bnff. 1829 J. Dunbar Poems 73:
Here quakes the wild-duck fluttering on the pool.Ayr. a.1851 A. Aitken Poems (1873) 18:
The hens will be craikin', the ducks will be quakin'.Bnff. 1872 W. Philip It'll a' come Richt vi.:
Garin' the hens rin and the deuks quaik like wud.
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