A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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(Suppar,) Supper, v. [17th c. Eng supper (1622); Suppar n.] a. reflex. To provide (oneself) with supper. b. tr. To give (horses) an evening feed, to provide with fodder. —1666–78 McCrie Mem. Veitch 401.
Ordered the whole troops to come in, after they had suppered themselves and their horses, to the town
