A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1620-1683
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Chape, Chaip, a. and adv. Also: schap(e. [f. Chape n.1 2, as e.m.E. chepe (1509).] Cheap. adj. c1620 Sutherland Bk. II 354.
Give vnto your ablest and prettiest men the best and schapest lands to liwe vpon 1630 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. III. 672.
To sell at such chaip raites as thay sall pleis to give to thame 1643 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 59.
To draw it to als chape ane pryce as they can for the tounes goodadv. 1683 New Mills Manuf. 53.
To buy … dayed silk as schap as can be
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