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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Lipper, -yr, Lypper, -yr, v. Also: lippyrrand ppl. a. [Also in the later dial.; a freq. formation, possibly on Lip n. Cf. Lopperand ppl. a.] intr. Of water: To ripple, be ruffled, break into small wavelets. — 1513 Doug. viii. xi. 73.
The swelland seys fygour of gold cleir Went flowand, bot the lippyrrand wallys quhyte War pulderit full of fomy froith 1513 Ib. x. vi. 11.
Na sandis schald, Nor ȝit na land bryst lyppyrring on the wallys
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