Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1716
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APEHOUSE, n.comb. Aphetic form of napehouse (see Naip), a tympany gable in a house. See Tympany.Bte. 1716 Rothesay T.C. Records (1935) II. 638:
Buying timber for the apehouse. Makeing up the Knock and apehouse.
[By wrong division of a n-apehouse.]
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