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quink Sc.
[? Imitative of the cry.]
†1. A variety of goose, variously identified with the grey-legged goose (Anser ferus) and the brent-goose (Bernicla brenta). Obs.
1551Sc. Acts Mary c. 11 (1814) II. 484 The claik quink and rute the price of the peece xviijd. 1578Lesley De Orig. Scot. 37 Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. Margin. Vulgus his uocibus eos distinguit: Quinck [etc.].
2. The golden-eyed duck.
1808in Jam. 1866Edmondston Orkney Vocab. 88. |