10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMAIK»
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Gobbledygook: A Dictionary That's 2/3 Accurate, 1/3 Nonsense ...
plainstanes,. gwapple,. smaik. plainstanes (PLANE-stanes) (noun): A sidewalk
made of flagstones, common in Scotland. Americans tend to call pedestrian paths
beside roadways “sidewalks,” while Brits tend to call these same paths ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
SMAIK,*. A silly mean fellow.] Add; Isl. smavick, opella, little labour. V. Smeik-r, pu
-. sillanimis; Haldorson, p. 301. Smaik, adj. Contemptible, despicable. " Than war
the wordes, ' Smaik carll, I sell lay vpoun thi lyppis." Aberd. Reg. 1525, V. 15, p.
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The Australian Journal: A Weekly Record of Literature, ...
You had better get home now, Miss Smaik, and prepare for Dr. Mordred." Sarah
Smaik turned to go home, but the thanks on her shrewish lips were arrested by
the sight of a young man galloping towards them on the road on which they stood
, ...
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The poetic remains of some of the Scotish Kings ...
G. Douglas, “ Quod I, smaik, lat me slepe.” It is said, by Ruddiman, to be derived
from the Teut.schmack, contumelia. 9 The Ban. MS. has, “ Rycht now wold slane
my bruder." Just now would have slain my brother. The Mait. MS. and Gibson ...
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The folk-speech of Cumberland and some districts adjacent; ...
Smaik, S, a small boy, or other small animal. " He's but a smaik, but he's a man at
the books." Said of a schoolboy. Smittal, C, infectious. " As smittal as t' Smo'-pox."
Said of a successful male animal kept for breeding purposes. Snape, C, snub ...
Alexander Craig Gibson,
1869
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
43. Corr. from A.S. Ihearm, or E. lharm, the intestines. SMAIK, s. A silly mean
fellow.] Add; Isl. smavick, opella, little labour. V. Smeik-r, pu-. sillanimis;
Haldorson, p. 301. Sma ik, adj. Contemptible, despicable. " Than war the wordes,
' Smaik carll ...
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Obsolete Scandinavian Loanwords in English
These are: knape, loon, sloven, smaik, trifle and troker. OE knape, meaning 'a
male child, a boy', in the 15th c. extended its meaning to 'a rascal, rogue'. It was
recorded from 1450 (Lydgate), and according to the EDD, it remained in use in ...
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Two Ancient Scottish Poems, the Gaberlunzie-Man, and ...
Smaih] Smaik, filly, pitiful fellow. Douglas, 239.. 38. V " Quod I, Smaik, lat me
slepe 2--.". From -Teuton. fibmacb, contumelia. Belg. smade. id Tent. szbmacblicb
, contnmeliosus. The root is the Isl.smaa, to contemn; Egsmaae, I despise ; smaa,
...
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An etmological dictionary of the scottish language
To SMAICHER, v. n. To eat clandestinely, especially what is agreeable to the
palate, Ang. Alem. smechare, dclicatus; smak-a, gustare. SMAIK, s. A mean
fellow, S. Chr. Kirk. Isl. smeik-r, pu sill an i mis. Smaik, adj. Small, puny. Dunbar.
Smaikrie ...
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The Poems ... Now First Collected, with Notes and a Memoir ...
Slute-daw, a lazy slovenly drab. Smaik, a pitiful knave. Smaik smolet, a small
puny fellow. Smedye, shop. Smirkis, smiles. Smorit, smord, smothered. Smowk,
smuke, smoke. Smowking, smoking. Smy, a fawning feltow. Snell, sharp, piercing
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L'actrice marocaine et star de la télévision Zineb Smaiki est décédée
DISPARITION – L'actrice marocaine Zineb Smaiki est décédée ce jeudi à 4h30 du matin, dans une clinique de la ville de Rabat, des suites d'un cancer. «Al Huffington Post, Jan 15»
Versuchter Totschlag! | Angeschossener Rocker in U-Haft
Die drei Männer hatten damals vor dem Finanzamt auf Maik S. (30), Mitglied der „Underdogs“ eingestochen. Der in der Rockerszene als „Smaik Maik“ bekannte ... «BILD, May 14»
Wartehäuschen an Bushaltestellen: Wer ist zuständig? : Is dao …
Et geldt jä bi us in Mönster in alle Behörden, in Scholen, in't Thriaoter, in jedeen Gebai, wat de Stadt tohäört, sogar up en Schoolplass Smaik–Verbott. Ick gaoh ... «Westfälische Nachrichten, Sep 12»