Sc. and north. Obs. Also 6 straikin, straken, straykyng, streakings, 6, 8 strakins, 8 straikens. [Of obscure origin.] A kind of coarse linen. Also attrib.

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1531–2.  Durham Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 67. 1 peayce curse straykyngs.

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1557.  Wills & Inv. N. C. (Surtees), I. 159. ix pare of lyne shetts & iij pare of streakings iiijl xvjs viijd. Ibid. (1569), 303. Item one fether bedtyke xijd—sex yerds of strakins vs. Ibid. (1577), 415. Tenn payer of harden and straken sheats.

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1593–4.  Extracts Munic. Acc. Newcastle (1848), 32. Paide for a strakin short to him and for sewing ytt, 16d.

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1643.  Melrose Regality Rec. (S.H.S.), I. 100. Ane straiking serk.

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1703.  Lady G. Baillie, Househ. Bk. (S.H.S.), 172. For 20 ells strakins at 6s. 6d.

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1793.  Statist. Acc. Scot., VI. 169. Some coarse tweels, some harns and straikens.

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1884.  Good Words, May, 326/2. His shirt is made of the strong old-fashioned coarse linen called ‘straiken.’

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