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

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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1582

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Kip-hedit, a. [Cf. mod. south. Sc. dial. kip n. the peak of a pointed hill, a jutting point, a tilt or upward turn (of the nose), and kip v. to turn up, be turned up (of cattle's horns, the side of a hat, etc.); Hedit a. 2. (Mod. south. Sc. dial. has similar formations in kip-nosed, -nebbit.)] ? = Kippit b. —1582 Edinburgh Testaments XI. 220.
Foure oxin, ane … riggit, ane gray, ane broun kip hedit, ane blak cowit

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