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maik

British  
/ mek /

noun

  1. Also called: meck.  an old halfpenny

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of maik

of obscure origin

Example Sentences

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Postis ran to the Duke and Monsieur Dosell, to declair our nomber, and what ordour we keaped; and than was mediatouris send to maik appointment.

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

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

And this was done of many to maik courte thairby; for all man esteamed the Governour to have bein the most fervent Protestand that was in Europa.

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

Old man Townsin's Fort was to maik Sassyperiller.

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

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