A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chap, n.1 Also: chapp, chape. [Later form of Chop n. Cf. Chap v.] A blow or knock; a stroke of a clock or bell.(1) 1513 Doug. v. x. 61.
Epytides … Smait with a chap, and cryis, go togidder! c1590 J. Stewart 39/331.
No chap nor chak mycht mak him lift his heed 1676 Brodie Diary. 351.
We ar as an earthen vessel, … the least chapp dashes and breaks us(2) 1594 Perth Kirk S. 271.
Sundry … in the forenoon rise up at the chap of eleven hours, and depart away without the blessing 1641 Rec. Old Aberd. II. 16.
The said prayers to begin at the heindmest chape of the bell
