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▪ I. † haik1, heyke Obs.
[Cf. EFris. heike, heik', haike, hoike: see huke.]
A kind of cloak or upper garment; app. the same as the huke, q.v.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints, Egipciane 280 Of þe twa haikis þat he had He tuk þe tane & bakvart kest. c1440Pomp. Parv. 232/2 Heyke, garment (K. or hewke, infra; heyke, cloth; S. hayeste garment, or huke), armelus. 1488Act. Dom. Conc. 132 (Jam.) Twa govnys, price iij lb., a haik, price x s., a pare of clokis, price x s. 1553Burgh Rec. Prestwick (Maitl. Cl.) 51 Ane hayk and ane kyrtyll, price xl s. to þe behwf of þe barnis.
▪ II. ‖ haik2, haick|haik, haɪk|
Also 8 haeg, hayick, 8–9 haique, hyke.
[Arab. hayk, f. hāk to weave.]
An oblong piece of cloth which Arabs wrap round the head and body, as an outer garment.
[1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 633 Newes from Barbary..his Turban of course Callico, his Alheik or loose gowne of Lile Grogram.] 1713S. Ockley Acc. Barbary 45 Over all this, the best..wear Haegs, or very fine white Blankets, about 6 yards long, and 2 broad. 1797Encycl. Brit. s.v. Morocco 27 (Stanf.) The whole wardrobe of a country Moor in easy circumstances consists in a haique for winter, another for summer, [etc.]. 1801Southey Thalaba iv. 10 note, One of these Hykes is usually six yards long and five or six feet broad, serving the Arab for a complete dress in the day. 1825Scott Talism. xxvii, Wild forms with their persons covered with haicks. 1891Hall Caine Scapegoat I. 150 His four Mahommedan wives..were gazing furtively down from behind their haiks.
▪ III. haik
see hake n.3, n.5 and v.1 |