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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lepe, Leip, v.² [? Appar. repr. an OE. *hlíepan, *hlépan, causative wk. verb corresp. to ON. and mod. Icel. hleypa to cause to leap or rush, to drive, to urge or thrust forth, etc., also to curdle (milk), Nynorsk løypa to set running, etc., also to curdle (milk) by heating it, Sw. löpa, Da. løbe to curdle (milk), Prim. Germ. *hlaupian, causative of *hlaupan, Lepe v.¹, Loup v. In the mod. Sc. and north. Eng. dial. as leep, leap, lep.] tr. To boil; to boil slightly, to parboil: ‘we say that a thing is leeped that is heated a little or put into boiling water or such like for a little time’ (Ruddiman). — 1513 Doug. viii. Prol. 92.
Sum latyt latton, but lay, lepys in lawyd lyt 1589–90 Edinb. B. Rec. V. 340.
The gryte dissait … usit upoun the geis brocht to the mercatt … to sell to caus thame to appear to be fatt and publeist be leiping or setting of thame in hett watter 1633 Orkney Witch Trial in Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. V. 544.
The water quharin the bait was to be leipit