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.
1551. Sc. Acts Mary, c. 11 (1814), II. 484. The claik quink and rute the price of the peece xviijd.
1578. Lesley, De Orig. Scot., 37. Alia sex Anserum genera apud nos inueniuntur. Margin. Vulgus his uocibus eos distinguit: Quinck [etc.].
2. The golden-eyed duck.
1808. in Jam.
1866. Edmonston, Orkney Vocab., 88.