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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1700+

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Slippar, n.1 [? Slip n.1] ? One who transports goods by slide-car. —1702 Rec. Convention of Royal Burghs IV 328.
That they concurr with the magistrats of Campheir for regulateing the fees and fraughts of the mettsters, inland skippers, slypers, workmen and pilots

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