Definition of Hykes
1. hyke [n] - See also: hyke
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hykes
Literary usage of Hykes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1814)
"... this is actually no other than the drefs of the Arabs, when they appear in their hykes. The plaid of the Highlanders in Scotland is the very fame. ..."
2. The people's dictionary of the Bible [by J.R. Beard]. by John Relly Beard (1861)
"The chief branch of their manufacture is the making of hykes, or blankets as we should call them. In this work are employed only women, who do not use the ..."
3. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1825)
"worn over these hykes. It is wove in one piece, and shaped exactly like the garment of the little god Telesphorus, viz. strait about tlie neck, ..."