traik

[treyk]

verb (used without object)

Scot.

1. to become ill or lose one's good health.

2. to stroll, wander, or stray.

Word History and Origins

Origin of traik¹

First recorded in 1500–10; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Traik′et, worn out.—Traik after, to dangle after.

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She must have been an ancestor of mine: 96 For she’d traik any distance for a crack, The gipsy-hearted ganwife that she was.

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