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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1831

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†CHOP, n.2 A chap, a crack.Lnk. 1831 W. Patrick Plants 48:
The juice [of Pinguicula vulgaris] . . . is used by the country people for curing chops in cows' udders.

[A variant of Eng. chap and found in Eng. 16th–18th cents., but now obs. O.Sc. has chop, a stroke, a knock, 1600, but the above meaning does not appear in D.O.S.T.]

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