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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1632-1639
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Nape-, Naip-, Nephous(e, n. (In the later dial. as nep-house, -os, -us, ‘a small gable carried up from the top of the front or back wall of a building and having a small roof of its own projecting from the main roof’ (SND, s.v. Naip n.), a dormer, f. mod. dial. naip n. ‘the point or peak of the gable of a house’, of uncertain derivation. Also aiphous, 1531–2 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 100.) — 1632 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 483.
For sclaitting the nephous above the hall door xlvi s. 1633 Master of Works Accounts II. 343.
To William Millar sklaitter … for theiking of twa naiphoussis 1639 Glasg. Univ. Mun. III.487.
For threescore and fyve couples considering therewith the lath [? lach] and ordinar napehouses at fourtie six shillings and aught pennies the peice
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