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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1604-1605
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Scrapit, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. scraped (1597); Scrap(e v.] Having the surface layer, specif. the hair, removed. Cf. Scrap(e v. 2. — a1605 Montg. Flyt. 485 (T).
They maid it lyk a scrapit swyne And ay as they pold it they gart it quhryn
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