Middle English Dictionary Entry
tī̆k(e n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | tī̆k(e n.(1) Also teke. |
| Etymology | OE ticia & MDu., MLG teke. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) An insect of the acarine family Ixodidae, a tick; a similar bloodsucking insect; also in fig. context; (b) ?a threadworm [may = (a)]; (c) ?a glowworm or firefly.
Associated quotations
a
- a1350 Of Rybaudȝ (Hrl 2253)10 : Þe shuppare þat huem shupte, to shome he huem shadde, to fles ant to fleye, to tyke ant to tadde.
- c1465(?1373) *Lelamour Macer (Sln 5)11a : Crasse and gose gres y mengid woll sle þe mytis and þe tikys in þe hede.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)145/30 : A waterleche or a tyke, þat is soukyng blood..hath ij dowterys..þe sowkere is þi bely; his two dowterys glotonye & drunkeschippe.
- c1450 Jacob's W.(Sal 103)146/1 : A waterleche or a tyke hath neuere ynow tyl it brestyth.
- c1450 Trin-C.LEDict.(Trin-C O.5.4)566/18 : Astayda [read: Ascarida]: a tyke.
- ?a1500 Lndsb.Nominale (Lndsb)767/4 : Ascarida: a teke.
b
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)493 : Tyke, wyrm: Ascarabia, ascarida.
c
- a1500 Add.37075 Gloss (Add 37075)33/154b : Carbunculus: a gloueryng teke.