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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1929

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CLEP, KLEPP(O), n.2 [′klɛp(o)]

1. A lump of any soft substance (Ork. 1929 Marw., klepp); “a handful of mud” (Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. Ork. Par. (1922), Gl., clep).Ork. 1929 Marw.:
To fall in a klepp(o), of soft cow-sharn.

2. “A thick oat-bannock” (Ib.).

[O.N. kleppr, a lump; Norw. klepp, id., a dumpling made of meal or flour (Torp).]

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