An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Baillie.

Paik, Paick, s. A stroke; in pl. paiks, a drubbing, S.

Isl. pak, Su. G. paak, fustis, baculus.

Paikie, s. A piece of doubled skin, used for defending the thighs from the stroke of the [Flauchterspade], by those who cast turfs or [divots], Mearns.

PAIK, s. A trick.
Leg. St Androis.

A. S. paec-an, decipere.

PAIKER, s. Calsay paiker, a street-walker.
Lyndsay.

PAIKIE, s. A female street-walker, S.

Isl. piaeck-ur, a vagabond; troll-packa, a witch.

Paikit-like, adj. Having the appearance of a trull, S.