Lexicographical Neighbors of Smaik
Literary usage of Smaik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"smaik, s. A silly mean fellow. ... smaik, adj. Contemptible, despicable. "
Than war the wordes, ..."
2. Rob Roy by Walter Scott, David Henry Montgomery (1894)
"Oh, I have heard of that smaik," said the Scotch merchant, interrupting him; "it
is he whom your principal, like an obstinate auld fule, wad make a merchant ..."
3. The Poems of William Dunbar: Now First Collected. With Notes, and a Memoir by William Dunbar (1834)
"... to quench, to assuage the heat of passion. Slummer, slumber. Slute-daw, a lazy
slovenly drab. smaik, a pitiful knave. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"smaik, a mean, low fellow, a poltroon, a puny fellow, a person of small moral or
... This false, traitorous smaik. I doubt he ua hawk of the same nest. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"smaik, a mean, low follow, a poltroon, a puny fellow, a person of small moral
... Oh, I have heard of that smaik" said the Scotch merchant; " it's he whom ..."
6. Scandinavian Influence on Southern Lowland Scotch: A Contribution to the by George Tobias Flom (1900)
"smaik, sb. a coward. Sat. P., 39, 175 ; Lyndsay, 425, 1320, and 434, 1562. ...
Cp. Cu. smaik applied to a small boy, or any small being. ..."
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