a. Sc. Also 8 vowkie. [f. prec.] Proud, vain, elated. (In first quot. as sb. personified.)
a. 1510. Douglas, K. Hart, II. 523. To Vant and Voky ȝe beir this rowm slef.
1599. James Melvill, Diary (1842), 459. That gossope … was na litle vokie for getting of the bern’s name.
1755. R. Forbes, Jrnl. fr. London, in Ajax’s Sp., 30. I was fidgin fain an’ unco vokie fan I gat out oner her.
1768. Ross, Helenore, III. 108. Of your consent … I’m mair nor fain, And vowkie [ed. 2 vokie] that I can ca’ you my ain.
1871. W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, xxxvii. He was met at the door by his mamma, who was in the mood described as ‘vokie.’
