syke

[ sahyk ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a variant of sike.

Example Sentences

Syke states in his account of an Indian ant, Pheidole providens, that this species collects a great store of grass-seeds.

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Page 13: "Syke's" changed to "Sykes's" for spelling consistentcy (Sykes's farewell to his dog).

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A fountain will be found termed a "syke" when occurring in the arms of any family of the name of Sykes.

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In these lay a gret multitude of syke men, blinde, crokid, and drye.

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Dick o' the Syke was grubbing among the fallen wreck of the charred and dismantled mill.

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