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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lipper man, n. Also: liper, lypir, lippir. [Lipper a. 1. Cf. Leper man.] A leper. (1593) Henr. Test. Cress. 592.
Ane lipper man tuik of the ring c1500-c1512 Dunb. Flyt. 154.
In till ane glen thow hes … Ane laithly luge that wes the lippir menis ?a1500 Dewoit Exerc. 110.
For ȝour blist face wes maid lik the face of ane liper man 1528 Stirling B. Rec. I. 33.
He sould be put to ane desert without the burgh, as lypir men hes wsit to be demanit 1535 Stewart 29156.
Ane lipper man … With plowkie visage, bowdin brow and bre 1567 Glasgow Prot. IV. 121 n.
The lipper men of the said towne duelland at the south part of the brig 1574 Reg. Privy C. II. 393.
The lipper hous [at Aberdeen] … with ane croft … annext to the same for support of the lippermen and wemen dwelling thairin 1605 Glasgow B. Rec. I. 238.
That give evir Germound Boyll, lipperman, hant … the cumpany of his wyffe within this burgh … scho to be bennischit this burgh for ewir 1604-31 Craig ii. 35.
The lipper man … claps his dish, and keepes his language close 1654 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 287.
The water bailyie to subscryve dischairges to the lippermen in that hospitall