sik
Britishadjective
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Soon sevral of our Extreme Lee Old Foxes become sik, and ded, because: no fud.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 21, 2017
The ablative is noated with prepositiones in, with, be, and sik lyke; as, be god al thinges wer made; God with his word his warkes began; in my father’s house are manie mansiones.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
Sick, sik, adj. affected with disease: ill: inclined to vomit: disgusted: infirm: disordered: pining: depressed: indicating sickness: poor in quality: out of repair.—v.i.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Heer consydering my aun weaknes, and meannes of my person, began to fear quhat might betyed my sillie boat in the same seas quhaer sik a man’s ship was sunck in the gulf of oblivion.
From Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue A Treates, noe shorter than necessarie, for the Schooles by Henry Benjamin Wheatley
It was a daft-like thing to do, I confess, especially for a sedate kin’ o’ man like me; but, woman, a man’s no jist himsel’ at sik a time!
From The Garret and the Garden by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
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