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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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Vapoure, -er, Wapr-, v. [Late ME and e.m.E. vapour (Lydgate), vapoure (c1430), vapor (1519), vaper (1567), L. vapōrāre.] intr. a. To emit vapour, to fart. b. To boast, swagger, act with bravado. —a. 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. (1681) ii 14.
Theyr [sc. ladies] men in garb … They tread the measure of the giggs, Just like the men, their buttocks vaper —b. 1648 Ayrsh. Coll. 2 Ser. XI (1976) 23.
The most refractarie of all this rout war Clydisdaill men, and after words comes blowes, they vapoureing and moveing towards us 1658 Tayler Hist. Fam. Urquhart 56.
Yet did ye not sticke to vaper and braver 16… Analecta Scotica I 47.
We ken fat made the Torries bissie, They tuik up with the royal hissie, They hais'd her upe to maik her dissie, Against us wapring
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