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sic-like, a., n., and adv. Sc. and north.|ˈsɪklaɪk|
Forms: see sic a. and like a.
A. adj. Similar; such-like; of such a kind.
1442Extr. Aberd. Reg. (1844) I. 7 Giff ony man dois sik like case in tyme to cum,..he sal pay sik like payne vnforgiffin. 1474Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 52 To Keire currour passand with sic like lettres, iijs. 1549Compl. Scot. x. 84 There is ane syklik exempil of pirrus kyng of eporite. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 2 The holie sacrament off the alter, and siclyk secreit mysteris of our religione. [1614J. Davies (Heref.) Commend. Poems, Ecl. 51 Wks. (Grosart) II. 21/2 To gab of sikliche notes of misery.] 1786Burns Twa Dogs 63 Ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxv, Constables, and sic-like black cattle. 1829–in northern glossaries. 1867W. Anderson Rhymes 9 (E.D.D.), Flingin' crackers at ither, or some siclike wark.
B. n. Such kind of thing(s) or person(s).
1500–20Dunbar Poems xx. 36 Be nocht in countenance ane skornar,..Bot dowt siclyk sall stryk the in the neck. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 93 This was thair maner, and this day the hilande men..weiris even siklyke. c1620A. Hume Brit. Tongue i. iii, In this diphthong we commit a grosse errour,..spelling how, now, and siklyk with w. 1786Burns Twa Dogs 74 A Cotter howkan in a sheugh,..Bairan a quarry, an' sic like. 1825Jamieson Suppl. s.v., ‘What sort of fowk are the rest of them?’..‘They're just sic and sicklike.’ 1876F. K. Robinson Whitby Gloss. 170/2 ‘Sike an Sike-like were there.’
C. adv. Similarly; in like manner; in such wise.
1513Douglas æneid iii. x. 45 Sic lyke as quhar that, with thair hie toppis, The big akis [etc.]. 1597Skene De Verb. Sign. s.v. Annexation, And sik-like..with consent of the three Estaites, it was statute [etc.]. 1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 50 And sicklyke, it is appoyntit that everie heritor and tennant [etc.]. a1670Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 134 And siclike thair wes aucht gentilmen appointed to watche his lodging. 1708Lond. Gaz. No. 4456/1 And sicklyke We..Command all..the said Dukes..to give all due Respect to Our Commissioners. 1752J. Louthian Form of Process 133 And sicklike upon the..Day..foresaid, I passed to the Market-cross. 1888Scot. Serm. in Brit. Workman May, An' siclyke it is wi' the Heavenly Word. |