Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CAPPER, n.2 Sc. form of Eng. copper. See P.L.D. § 54.
1. Copper metal. Also used attrib.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary (1818) xxiii.:
Mony ane will find worth in rousted bits o' capper and horn and airn, that care unco little about an auld carle o' their ain country and kind.Edb. 1801 J. Thomson Poems 8:
Three pair o' buckles, twa o' brass, The third was made o' capper.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage, etc. 59:
There is naething like the croon Or curmurrin o' the kettle — Be it tin or capper metal.
Combs: (1) capper clippin's, spangles; (2) capper-nos'd, having a nose the colour of copper.(1) Kcb. 1814 W. Nicholson Poems (1897) 84:
Her capper clippin's glister fine, He never saw ought sae divine.(2) Sc. 1724–1727 Ramsay T. T. Misc. (1733) 90:
And there will be . . . Capper-nos'd Francie and Gibbie, That wins in the how of the hill.
2. A boiler made of copper.Per. 1835 J. Monteath Dunblane Traditions 86:
The immense capper which, during all last Summer, had been making at Carron.
