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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Dropping,) Drapping, ppl. a. [ME. dropping (a 1415).] Dripping (with fat or oil). —1583 Sat. P. xlv. Pref. 71.
Fra they gat the drapping grise they wanted, Thair clocked knaverie culd no moir be hid
1659 Blairs P. 162.
I hoip you uil remember my seruice … to the drapping oliue

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