A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1581-1655
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Attrap, v. Also: atrap, attrapt, attrape. [e.m.E. attrap (1524), F. attraper, OF. atraper.] tr. To entrap, snare, catch.1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 16; 1581 Ib. 19, etc.
Ane pack of ȝung scollaris, quhom thay haif attrapit be thair craftie and doubill deiling 1588 King Catechism 36.
He … hes strowed all our wayes with girnes, to attrape our saules a1605 Montg. Sonn. lix. 6.
Sa many lovers … Vha war attrapit with so sueet a slicht a1605 Id. Misc. P. viii. 41.
Evirie day I look To sie my love attraptit in a trane 1655 Annandale Corr. 301.
Ue shall haue 600 … for our recruits also … if ue could but once atrap them
