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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: 1515-1632

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Copprus, Copr(o)us, n. Also: copprous, -res, -eris; copras, co(i)pres. [e.m.E. cop(p)ras, -ress, etc., ME. copros(se, coperose, OF. couperose, med. L. cuperosa.] Copperas.(a) 1515–6 Acts Lords of Council MS. XXVII. 158.
A pyp of copros
1569 Edinburgh Testaments I. 288.
Ane barrell of coprous
1573 Ib. 320.
Ane quarter hundreth coprus
1588 Dundee Shipping L. 226.
Ane trei of coipres
1588 Ib. 227.
Ane trei of alm, ane uther of copres
1613 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs II. 382.
[The impost at Campvere on] ane alm trie, ane trie copras [etc.]
(b) 1564 Edinb. B. Rec. III. 187.
That … nane of thame … sall lit … ony blakis with copprus, gallis, … or siclike fals colouris
1575 Edinburgh Testaments III. 353.
xxxvij dosane of coppres
1588 Ib. XIX. 32 b.
Half ane barrell of copprous
1625 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs III. 198.
[For] ane trie copprus [an impost of] fyve grit
1632 Edinburgh Testaments LVI. 24 b.
Fyve pund wecht of copperis for ink

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