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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DORPELT, adj. Speckled, mottled; used esp. of the sky when it is covered with small clouds (Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); 1914 Angus Gl.).

[Met. form of Norw. droplet, dapple, piebald.]

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