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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1801

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BEDRAPT, ppl.adj. Dripping. Rare Sc. form of bedropt. [bə′drɑpt]Edb. [1801] H. MacNeill Links o' Forth (1806) I. 155:
Till faction soared on raven wing, Bedrapt wi' blood!

[O.Sc. bedrop, v., besprinkle with drops (Dunbar). O.E. droppian. For change of o to a see P.L.D. §54.]

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