maik

British  

/ mek /

noun

1. Also called: meck.  an old halfpenny

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Etymology

Origin of maik

of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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 Laing, David

"Either maik the tree good and the fruct also, or ellis maik the tree evill and the fruct of it lyikwyise evill."

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

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

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 Laing, David

It is proven, that werkis nether maik us rychteouse nor unrychteouse: Ergo, no werkis nether maik us good nor evill.

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