Lexicographical Neighbors of Traik
Literary usage of Traik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Hence the proverbial phrase, " lie's nano о* the birds that traik" he can take
good care of ... To traik after, va To follow in a lounging or dangling way, ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"To traik, vn 1. To go idly from place to place, S. 2. To wander so as to lose
one's self ... Tu traik after, ra To follow In a lounging or dangling way, ..."
3. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"traik, s. 1. A plague.] Insert, as sense 3. The flesh of sheep that have died of
... traik, adj. Weak, in a declining state ; as, Perhaps we may view Isl. ..."
4. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Harry Haldane, Oliver Heslop (1894)
"traik, TRAKE, the carcase of a sheep that has died a natural death. ... traik is
a general term for all dead mutton, as distinguished from butchered mutton ..."
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