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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1583, 1659
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(Dropping,) Drapping, ppl. a. [ME. dropping (a 1415).] Dripping (with fat or oil). — 1583 Satirical Poems 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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