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† ˈmartrix, martrick Sc. Obs.
Also 5–6 mar-, mertrik, 6 matrik, 5–8 mertrick.
[a. and ad. med.L. martrix (Wr.-Wülcker 595), a fem. coined to correspond to martor marter, the suffix being apprehended as if that of an agent-noun.]
A marten; also, the fur of the marten.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. clvii, The bugill, draware by his hornis grete; The martrik, sable, the foynȝee, and mony mo. c1470Henryson Mor. Fab. v. (Parl. Beasts) xvii, The mertrik with the cuning and the con. 1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. (1821) I. 21 Mony hidis and skinnis of oxin, scheip, gait and martrikis. 1564Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 308 Ane goun of drogat, lynit with martrikis, begareit with velvot. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. I. 21 He dryues the foxis, the martrix, the brok and the wilkatt. 1630–56Sir R. Gordon Hist. Earls Sutherland 3 Martrixes, hares, and fumarts. 1703M. Martin Descr. West. Isl. 36 The Mertrick..about the size of a big Cat, is pretty numerous in this Isle. 1707Miege St. Gt. Brit. ii. 30 Deer-skins, Foxes,..Mertricks. 1802[see martlet1].
attrib.1424Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 6/1 Þt na man haif mertrik skynnis out of the realme. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 151 For fox and fulmart and of mertrik skin, Anew thair wes tha landis than within. |