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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Depe, Deip(e, n. [ME. depe, OE. déop and déopa (WS. dýpa), f. Depe,a.]
1. The deep part (of the sea, etc.); a deep place.1375 Barb. iii. 711.
Othir schippys, that war thar-by, Deliuerly drew to the depe a1500 Henr. Fab. 821.
He … with the corps vnto ane peitpoit gais, Of watter full, and kest him in the deip c1475 Wall. vi. 719.
A thousand in the myre, Off hors with men, was plungyt in the deipe 1513 Doug. i. ii. 33.
Warp all thar bodeis in the deip bedeyn Ib. iii. 39.
On the huge deip quhoyn salaris dyd appeir c1460 Alex. (Taym.) 42 b.
His castell … Upone ane craige in middis of the deip 1578 Conv. Burghs I. 57.
The … marking off the best deip for the mair assurit entrie of oure schippis 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 65 b.
In heuin, erth, sea and all the deippis 1596 Dalr. I. 59/10.
It swallyis vp hail schipis, and … drounes thame in the deip 1603 Reg. Great S. 506/1.
Passand eist … as the deip of the cleir water gangs 1612 Conv. Burghs II. 362.
The redressing of thair … meithes in the best deips for the mair assuret entrie of thair schipsfig. 1570 Arbuthnot Maitl. F. xxx. 89.
Quhen I luik the deipis bothumles Off Goddis secreit
2. Depth, deepness.1569-73 Bann. Memor. 52.
Efter thai … had tryed the deip of Muntrois heavine 1622-6 Bisset I. 21/14.
Quhat lenth, breadth, hecht nor deip, thair poware drawes 1649 Aberd. B. Rec. IV. 71.
Declairing that … they did not conceaue the deipe of the draucht thairof
