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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1638
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Knap(p)ing, ppl. a.? Cf. Knap(p)it p.p. (having tassels, tasselled). —1638 Bk. Pasquils 57.
Preachers with shoulder ruffes Or shoulder bands with elbow cuffes, With knaping, traping, strapping strings