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Quotation dates: 1886
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CLAPPAN, n. (See quot.)Sh. 1886 A. Ross in Gael. Soc. of Inv. XII. 398:
I have seen both in Shetland and in Lewis the upright wheel at work. . . . It is called a "clappan," from the peculiar noise it makes as the stone revolves. . . . The wheel is horizontal, and the axle upright and . . . the upper stone of the mill is fixed to the same axle as the wheel.
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