A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Coppit, a. [ME. copped (a 1450), f. cop head.] Rising to a top; peaked. —1513 Doug. xiii. iv. 80.
Lyke as … on the hous syde the snaill, Schakand hir coppit schell, or than hir taill
