Theeker

Sc. and n. dial. [f. THEEK v. + -ER¹.] A thatcher; in early use, a roofer of houses.

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14[?]. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 650/27. Hic architector, thekare.

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1483. Cath. Angl., 382/2. A Theker, architector, tector (A.).

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1554–5. Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1871), II. 360. Item, to ane thekar to theik the thre choippis,… xij^s.

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1658. N. Riding Rec., VI. 4. To a Theaker by the day…. With meate 6^d. Without meate 12^d.

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1887. J. Service, Dr. Duguid, I. xx. 132. Robin Rigging the theeker.

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1904. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (from Caithness to N. Lincolnsh.).

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