Lexicographical Neighbors of Laiking
Literary usage of Laiking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Records of the Convention of the Royal Burghs of Scotland: With Extracts by Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) (1878)
"... the fourt pairt, ane quart, laiking the fourt pairt of ane ... the halff fourt
pairt, ane pynt, laiking the eight part of ane ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1874)
"laiking: Idling, playing truant: Quasi, lacking service, master- less—34. 111.
QUOTATIONS OR ILLUSTRATIVE SENTENCES. from a few of the foregoing glossaries, ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"[V. of Glos.] [E.] LAGGER. sb. A long narrow strip of land or copse. [V. of Glos.]
[Hund. of Berk.] A green lane. [SJ laiking. adj. Idling, playing truant. ..."
4. Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the by William Scott (1820)
"You can't imagine, Sir, the pleasure she takes in laiking of you : (He logics
pleased) Ah! how you will delight her, how your venerable mien will charm her ..."
5. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"See Loke. Laike, v. play, sport, b. pr. 172 ; laiking, près. part, playing,
delighting, 7. 45 я. Icel. leika, to play. ..."
Other Resources:
