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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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(Rapefull,) Raipfull, Rapfow, n. [Rape n. 1 b; Full n. 2. Only in Sempill.] The ‘fill’ of a (hangman's) rope, a gallows-bird. —1567 Sempill Sat. P. viii 1.
Reingat rapfow! 1584 Ib. xlv 401.
To help that raipfull scho hes reft him Ib. 1115.
