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1. Buttery n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0]1972
   : Buttery: a limpet, the interior of which was more yellow than normal—attractive bait. 
2. Rooklo n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
   ROOKLO , n . Also rookler (Ork. 1929 Marw.). The rough limpet, Patella athletica (Ork. 1954 
3. Kupi n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
   limpet-bait (Sh. 1902 E.D.D. , koopi , 1908 Jak. (1928)). [′kupi] [Of similar orig. to Kupa , with 
4. Spick n.1[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1795-1916
   pig's flesh was called 'spike'. Derivs. (1) spicko , a big limpet (Ork. 1929 Marw.); (2) spiggi) spikkie , adj., of blubberlike consistency, in comb. spikkie- , spiggi-limpet , = (1) (Sh. 1908 Jak 
5. Spikilurie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
   . ? cf. Norw. dial. spik , chip or splinter of wood, or spicko , spiggie , a limpet, q.v .] 
6. Muggie n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0]1822-1956
   of a limpet shell (Sh. 1963). Sh. 1956 U. Venables Life in Sh. vii.: You draw the fish in by putting a bit of salt herring in your poke or spitting chewed limpet muggies on the water. . . . A 
7. Cuddie n.2[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1877-1914
   Gl. : A limpet kuddi is made of dokkens and is adapted to being carried in the hand; a saat kuddi 
8. Bishop n.1, v.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0]1825-1930
   limpet, Patina pellucida (Ork. 1954 Ork. Miscellany II. 57). 2 . v . To use the instrument 
9. Flemingia [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
   Cemoria or spiral limpet shell (1827 Zool. Jnl . III. 77), and of a Productus , or fossil branchiopod 
10. Kuivy n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1834
    horse from eating during harvest operations ( Ib .); 4 . a small basket of straw for holding limpet 
11. Lempit n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1707-1996
    . 253). Sc. forms and usages of Eng. limpet . [Sc. ′lɛ(i)mpət, Fif. ′lɛmpɪk] 1 . As in Eng. In Ork II. 36: The Limpet or Lempecks . These have a rather thin shell of a greenish colour. Ork 
12. Marmaid n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1700-1824
    (Fif. 1710 R. Sibbald Hist. Fife 120). 3 . A species of limpet (Sc. 1911 S.D.D .). 
13. D n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
    . 6 . In nn.Sc., d replaces final t : in -et , which becomes -ad , e.g. limpad , limpet; in hid 
14. Yaud n.[0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0]1724-1940
    . X. 189). (3) a large variety of the common limpet (Bwk. 1885 Hist. Bwk. Nat. Club XI. 162). Bwk 
15. Mend v., n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1704-1993
    Poems (1865) 277: An' pu' the limpet aff the rock, To fatten and to mend ye. Twd. 1873 C 
16. Wulk n.[1,1,1,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2004
    wilkies were taxed. Sh. 1900 Shetland News (22 Dec.): I used ta hunt da limpet an' da wylk 
17. Lady n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1701-1996
    be a corruption of Lampet ; (21) leddy-lass(ie) , = (2); (22) lady limpet , the pellucid limpet 
18. Mary n.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1706-2004
    , marigold; (5) Mary shell , marishell , -shall (Jak.), the pellucid limpet, Patina pellucida (Sh. 1908 
19. Scruif n., v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0]<1700-1963
    afo the week o the lamp. 5 . Specif .: a kind of limpet, prob. from its covering the rocks like a 
20. Pock n.2, v.[1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1]1700-2000
    putting a bit of salt herring in your poke or spitting chewed limpet muggies on the water . . . A poke is 

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Results prior to 1700
From A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
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1. Limpet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1575
   Limpet , n . [e.m.E. limpet (1602), later var. of lempet Lempet(t .] A limpet. — c1575 
2. Lampet n.[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]1590
   limpet. — c1590 Fowler II. 193/29. All sortes of fishes, as … oysters, buckies, lampets, partans 
3. Lempet n.[1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0]<1375-1683
   . med.L. lampreda , lemprida ‘lamprey’ (cf. Lamper-ele , Lampron ) and ‘limpet’. Also in the mod. dial. as lempet , -it , -ed , -ad , -eck , -ic . Cf. also Lampet and Limpett .] A limpet. An 

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