Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†KIP, v.1 1. To take another person's property by fraud or violence (Lth. 1808 Jam.).
2. To jerk, pull (Ork. 1922 J. Firth Reminisc. 152). Now obs. in Eng.
[Mid.Eng. kippen, to seize; O.N. kippa, to pull, snatch. Cf. Mid. Du. kippen, to seize, catch, grip.]
