A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Primp, v. Also: ? Promp. [? Back-formation f. *primpt p.p. (see Primp adj.), also in mod. Sc., Eng. and Amer. dial.; and, for the sense, cf. Eng. prim v., in this sense (1721).] tr. To dress or deck out in a correct, fussy or elaborate manner. —1609 Garden Garden 83.
They are … Dung dust and ash … These would they wey, view warlie, and advart, They should not then so primp the earthly part
