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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1581-1623
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(Scaping,) Skaping, ppl. adj. [Scap(e v.] Describing a place to which to escape, providing refuge. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 239/347.
No skaping place is in the seas thoch men uoulde Mars refuse
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"Scaping ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 13 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/scaping>
