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hawick

/hɔɪk/

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What does hawick mean?

proper noun

  1. A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5015).

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/hɔɪk/

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The King, however, determining to put down by the strong hand the depredations of the march men, made a sudden expedition along the borders; and Johnnie Armstrong having been so ill-advised as to make his appearance with his followers at a place called Carlenrig, in Etterick Forest, between Hawick and Langholm, James ordered him to instant execution.
Samuel SmilesThe Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer With an Introductory History of Roads and Travelling in Great BritainProject Gutenberg ebook #939