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The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 723

(14), a. [ laique) =Sp.laico= Pg, It. laico (ef. OF ries. lek a, lei a = D. leek =MLG. léc = OHG. lei go, MHG. leige, leie, G. laie= Dan. lig, partly