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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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MISLIPPEN, v., n. Also mislippin (Uls. 1903 E.D.D.). [mɪs′lɪpən]
I. v. 1. tr., with direct obj. or n. clause, or intr. with o(n). To distrust, to lack faith (in), to doubt, to suspect (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1903 E.D.D.; Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 255; ne. and em.Sc. (a), Dmf., Rxb. 1963). Also in n.Eng. dial. Vbl.n. mislippenin, distrust, lack of faith.Sc. 1816 Scott Black Dwarf iv.:
I thought it best to slip out quietly, though, in case she should mislippen something of what we're gaun to do.Abd. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliv.:
Aw sanna begin to mislippen ye noo at the tail o' the day.Ayr. 1889 H. Johnston Glenbuckie 186:
I do not mislippen but he lost his grip, and would be mortally injured by his fall.Lnk. 1947 G. Rae Sandy McCrae 173:
My brither is aye tellin' me we maun lippen the Lord, and if he saw me greetin' the first tears I've grat for mony a day he would be vexed at sic mislippenin'.Rxb. 1955 Abd. Univ. Review (Aut.) 143:
Whene'er did blameless man, Patient, pursuin' godly race, Mislippen on the guid Lord's grace, And perish syne aff-haun'?
2. To neglect, forsake, overlook, let slip, to treat without due care and attention (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.; Per., Fif., Lth. 1915–26 Wilson). Gen. (exc.I.)Sc. Hence vbl.n. mislippenin, -an, mislipnin, neglect, forsaking; ppl.adj. mislippened, -t, of a piece of work: neglected; mismanaged, spoiled (Rxb. a.1838 Jam. MSS. XII. 145; Uls. 1880 Patterson Gl.)Per. 1774 Gentleman and Lady's Weekly Mag. (8 June) 235:
An' now, be sure, the yearding o' my bains Dinna mislippen. — O remember me!Slk. 1818 Hogg Hunt of Eildon (1874) v.:
But ilka woman has that power . . . an' I fancy few o' them mislippen it.Ayr. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie xiii.:
I wouldna that a thing gi'en to me in the way of trust was mislippent.Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 115:
Nae winner the maister's angry; for a nivver saw sic mis-lippenan o' wark . . . A nivver saw sic a poor mis-lippent thing o' a bairn.Sc. 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms xxi. 1., xxii. intro.:
My God, my God, whatfor hae ye mislippened me. . . . Maen fu' sair the mislipp'nin o' God i' their ain day o' dule.Kcb. 1893 Crockett Raiders iii.:
In a great job like the making of the earth, small points are apt to be mislippened.Lnk. 1909 W. Wingate Poems (1919) 68:
For the blaeberry law, and the rasp in the den, He never mislippen't the time o' the year.Edb. 1916 T. W. Paterson Wyse-Sayin's xiv. 23:
But claiverin here an' there, wi' the darg mislippent — That's the straucht road to the puirhoose.Fif. 1952 B. Holman Diamond Panes 117:
The horses kens a' he says tae them. He has a kindly word at feedin' time, a meal that is never mislippened.
¶3. To skip, pass over for want of understanding.Sc. 1928 Scots Mag. (May) 144:
I cudna tak in mair than the ordinar, and kenspeckle wurds and mislippened mony o' the mair unco and auld-farrant expressions.
‡4. To deceive, to delude, to lead astray. Hence phr. I'm sair mislippent, . . . , I am sorely deceived, very far out in my reckoning (Ayr. 1896 in Galt Works (Meldrum) II. 276).Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems (1900) 24:
I haflins think his een hae him mislippen'd.Uls. 1844 R. Huddleston Poems 15:
He tauld . . . How aft mislippen'd cheery maids, Whan ruefu' Hymen's knots engage.Kcd. 1956 Abd. Univ. Review (Spring) 295:
The tatties are rottin' ootbye i' the dreels. They'll be connacht, or I'm mislippent sair.
†5. To disappoint (Sc. 1808 Jam.).
II. n. An act of forgetfulness or neglect (Kcb. 1963).Kcb. 1897 Crockett Lochinvar xxviii.:
It is greatly grateful I will be, and forgive you that little mislippen about the tryst.
