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Quotation dates: 1808
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RAPPET, adj. Nonce spelling of Eng. rapid, used in the Eng. dial. sense. of violent, forcible. Cf. Rapture.Lnk. 1808 W. Watson Poems 89:
Wha's pleugh ae day had taen the gee, An's passion cam' sae rappet, That three guid rigg breadth owre the lea, Baith pleugh an' horse he wappet.
