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

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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1420, 1490, 1567-1568, 1622

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Graping, Graipinge, vbl. n. Also: grapin; graipping. [ME. groping, OE. grápung, f. Grape v.] Groping, handling. —1490 Irland Mir. 136/31.
Consider, ladeis, the foulis and wild bestis tholis na grapin na twichin
c1420 Ratis Raving 229.
Thi handis … baith has feling and graipinge
a1568 Scott iv. 53.
Thair followis thingis thre … Brasing, graping, and plucking
1622 Criminal Trials III. 516.
Vizeiting a patient, be a freind or phisitioun, to wit, graipping of the pulses [etc.]

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