lakin

plural lakins

1. rareA toy.

   And the gay lakin, mistress Fitton, mount and cry O, and his dainty birdsnies, lady Penelope Rich, a clean quality woman is suited for a player, and the punks of the bankside, a penny a time.

   1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 9: Scylla and Charybdis]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 193

plural lakins

1. obsoleteObsolete form of ladykin.

   [Nick] Bot[tom]. There are things in this Comedy of Piramus and Thisby, that will neuer pleaſe. Firſt, Piramus muſt draw a ſword to kill himſelfe; which the Ladys cannot abide. How anſwer you that? / [Tom] Snout. Berlaken, a parlous feare.

   Nick Bottom. There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisbe that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself, which the ladies cannot abide. How do you answer that? / Tom Snout. By 'r lakin [i.e., by our Lady], a dire problem.

   c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]

plural Lakins

1. countableuncountableA surname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Kearny County, Kansas.
   2. countableuncountableThree townships in Kansas, in Barton County, Harvey County and Kearny County.
   3. countableuncountableA township in Morrison County, Minnesota.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
3. countableuncountableA village in Kachin State, Burma.