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sicum

sicum, ~us, 3 sica [ME sich(e), si(c)k(e) < AS sic(e)], ditch or trench, stream, sike; b (w. matrix) (cf. et. sicetum). c1155 sicut Morekelde ~a vadit usque ad cilium montis qui vocatur Brochole clif Couch. Kirkstall 254 p. 180; c1162 usque in quemdam profundum ~um Regesta Scot. 236; a1185 et de L. in parte australi sicuti viridis sichus cadit in Scrikebec Cart. Cockersand 365; 1228 in bosco qui est inter Rennindesike et Tverthsike ‥. cepit meremium inter duas predictas sikas Feod. Durh. 257; a1236 usque ad siccum [v. l. lacum] inter assartum Stephani et assartum cineratoris Cart. Cockersand 668; 1294 per le Blakburne assendendo usque in quoddam sykcum ‥ et sic per illud sykcum assendendo usque in lacum de C. Reg. Paisley 94; 1320 ad sycum qui venit de ‥ Kelso 244; 1407 (1410) incipiente ad vadum ‥ sic assendendo unam ~am usque le lone dicte terre mee dominice, et sic ‥ RMS Scot 923 p. 397a; ? 15‥ sicut sicha dividit ‥ moram Couch. Furness I 510.  b c1213 sicut Pollenoran descendit in Clude, et sic ‥ ascendendo usque veniat ad matricem ~am ‥ et sic ‥ secundum matricem ~am donec veniat ad rivulum, et sic per rivulum ascendendo usque ad nigrum vadum quod est in bog' et per matricem ~am in bog' usque ad Elwaldisgate Kelso 109.

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