Definition of Smaik

1. a rascal [n -S] - See also: rascal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smaik

smackdowns
smacked
smackee
smackees
smacker
smackeroo
smackeroonies
smackeroos
smackers
smackhead
smackheads
smacking
smackingly
smackings
smacks
smaik (current term)
smaiks
smail
smailed
smailing
smake
small
small(a)
small-area analysis
small-arm
small-billed tinamou
small-billed tinamous
small-bore
small-c conservative
small-c conservatives

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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