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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1513-1560
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Nepe, v. Also: niep and nieping vbl. n. [f. Nepe n.2: cf. mod. Eng. neipe (1704) in this sense and e.m.E. nepe (1652–62), of tides, to tend to the neap.] intr. Of a ship: To be tide-bound or stranded at a neap tide. — 1513 Treasurer's Accounts IV. 474.
To lois the said schip quhen scho was nepit in the New Havin 1538–9 Master of Works Accounts (ed.) I. 263.
To James Andersoun botisman … gydand the saidis flottis and convoying of thaim within the hewin quhare thai wer nepit & in point of breking 1560 (c 1650) Dundee B. Laws 21.
It is statut … that na ship niep … betwixt the shoar and bulwark for stopping of the entrie of uther shipes —vbl. n. 1560 Ib.
Anent nieping of ships
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