Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkit
Literary usage of Hawkit
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 by John Jamieson (1880)
"Most probably signifying that one is as stupid as a cow. V. HAWKIE. hawkit ...
nolt all hawkit. I gatna aie anither. ..."
2. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"hawkit, part. adj. Foolish ; silly ; without understanding, Aberd. Most probably
signifying that ... hawkit, adj. Having a white face ; applied to cattle, ..."
3. Ancient Scottish Poems by George Bannatyne, William Dunbar, Robert Henryson (1770)
"... are called hawkit when they have streaks on their skin, and particularly on
their foreheads. Dream of the Abbot of Tungland, p. 26. CT. 5. 1. 2. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are Explained in by John Jamieson (1867)
"hawkit, part. adj. Foolish ; silly ; without understanding, Aberd. ... hawkit, adj.
Having a white face ; applied to cattle, S. Dunbar. HAWK-STUDYIN, ». ..."
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