Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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ORD-LOUPER, n.comb. See quot., and cf. Ferry-louper.Cai. c.1900:
When a man came from Sutherland into Caithness over the Ord [of Caithness, in the southern tip of the county], he was called an ord-louper.
