ilk

adjective

Obsolete same; like

Etymology: Scot dial. < ME ilke < OE ilca, same; prob. < *ī-līca < ī-, lit., the + -lica, like: see like

noun

kind; sort; class: only in of that (or his, her, etc.) ilk, of the same sort or class: from a misunderstanding of the phrase of that ilk as used in Scotland to mean “of the same name (as the place he owns or from which he comes)” [MacDonald of that ilk (i.e., MacDonald of MacDonald)] and often used disparagingly

adjective

Chiefly Scot. each; every

Etymology: ME, Northern & Midlands var. of ilch, ælch < OE ælc: see each