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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HIPPIT, ppl.adj. Also hippeet (s.Sc.). Having a feeling of stiffness or overstrain in the lower back, hips or thighs consequent on stooping or remaining too long in one position, applied esp. to workers in the harvest field (Rxb. 1825 Jam.). Gen.Sc. [′hɪpɪt]Fif. 1909 Colville 177:
A tak ill wi' the firrst o' hairst. A buddie's sae heftit wi' the baps an' the beer, an' fair hippit wi' the bindin'.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 15:
A was nae hippeet heipalt, hirplin on.Bch. 1930 Abd. Univ. Review (March) 106:
The queyns wiz hippit wi' the geddrin' and the chiels stiff wi' the scythin' an' the binnin'.Fif. 1953 Fife Herald (19 Aug.):
I'm sittin' here the nicht fair hippit wi' ma exertions this week-end!