maik

British  

/ mek /

noun

1. Also called: meck. an old halfpenny

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Etymology

Origin of maik

of obscure origin

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Example Sentences

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maik

Thare prayer was, "That God should convert and turne thame; that he should maik his face to schyn upoun thame; and that he should restoir thame to thair formar dignitie."

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing

Belike, gentle reader, thou hast often heard the proverb quoted above, that "Every bannock had its maik, but the bannock o' Tollishill."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

Old man Townsin's Fort was to maik Sassyperiller.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 1: Essays, Sketches, and Letters by Artemus Ward

I shall daylie maik my hartlie devotioun for thy Grace, and for the prosperitie and wealfair of thy body and saule.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by David Laing

Ef so, I maik no doubt my revelations will be uv a remarkably startlin character.

From "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. by Thomas Nast

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