A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chowp, v. [Cf. Chowp,n.] intr. ? To mump, to talk indistinctly or foolishly. —1513 Doug. i. Prol. 153.
Sa fer he chowpis, I am constrenyt to flyte 1533 Boece v. i. 162 b.
Lugthak … wald reddily myssay his agit lordis … in lichtlynes reproching to thame thare age, calland thame chowpand auld fulis
