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Scheippie, n. [S(c)hep(e n. 1 b or c, and dimin. ending -ie.] ? A fearful and useless person. —1529 Descr. Orchad. in Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 309.
Hara alia parochia ubi ignavissimi fuci sunt ideoque dicuntur (the sheeps [MS scheippies] of Haray)
