Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCLIMPET, n. A small thin piece of anything as of rock (Ayr. 1825 Jam.).
[Phs. for *sclimpert, a deformation of Sklinter, q.v.]
