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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Schap(e, Sheape, adj. and adv. Varr. of Chape adj., Chepe adj.
adj. Cheap; not dear. adv. At a low price. —adj. c1620 Sutherland Bk. II 354.
Give vnto your ablest and prettiest men the best and schapest lands to liwe vpon 1674 Berw. Nat. C. XXV 140.
You shall command me of what hempt yow stand ned of as sheape as it can be sold —adv. 1683 New Mills Manuf. 53.
To buy … dayed silk as schap as can be
