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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1584-1585
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(Skipping,) Scipping, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. skipping (1560, Geneva Bible); Skip v.] That skips, or hops. — a1585 Maitland Quarto MS 106/82.
Nor scipping froggis amid the medow grein
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"Skipping ppl. adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/skipping_ppl_adj>
