Obs. Also 6 Sc. takinar, taknair. [f. prec. + -ER1.]

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  1.  One who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, I. v. 114. The dreidful portis sal be schet,… Of Janus temple, the taknair of battail. Ibid., vii. 46. Thai, delvand, fand the takinar of Cartage, Ane mekle hors heid that was, I wene.

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  2.  One who signs or marks.

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1648.  Hexham, II. Een Teeckenaer, a Marker, a Noter, a Signer, or a Tokener.

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