A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1460, 1513, 1638
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Top, Tap, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. top (c1325), OE top.] A child's spinning-top. —1460 Hay Alex. 4289.
He … send till him … With certaine barnis playokis scornandly … a golf-staff and ane ball And ane scurge stik to drife ane top withall 1513 Doug. vii vi 87.
As sum tyme sclentys the round tap [Sm., Ruddim. top] of tre, Hyt with the twynyt quhip dois quhirl 1638 Adamson Muses Thr. I 5.
His cougs, his dishes, and his caps, A totum, and some bairnes taps