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Daker vs Laker - What's the difference?

daker | laker |

As nouns the difference between daker and laker

is that daker is (obsolete|legal|uk|scotland) a measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs while laker is a lakist; one of the (lake poets).

As a proper noun laker is

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daker

English

Alternative forms

* dakir

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, legal, UK, Scotland) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs.
  • * 1866: The dicker, or daker, was ten, and is found, though generally at later times than the period before us, as a measure for hides and gloves. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 171.
    • (Burrill)

    Anagrams

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    laker

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) *. More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A player; an actor.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, North America) A ship used on the Great Lakes.
  • A wharfman who resides near a lake.
    • Hyponyms
    * (watercraft) straight decker, stern-ender, whaleback