A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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(Cowping,) Couping, vbl. n.2 [Cowp v.1] Overturning. —1653 Brodie Diary 32.
Sedition, tumult, mutations, couping of rulers
