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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SCOWP, v., n.¹ Also scoup(e); scope; scoop. [skʌup, skup]

I. v. To run hither and thither, to rush, bound, dart, spring, scurry.Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 188:
The corky Cowp, That to the Papists Country scowp, To lear Ha ha's.Abd. 1739 Caled. Mag. (1788) 505:
And what was warst, scowp'd hame, them lane, May be to hungry Inns, and cauld that day.Kcb. 1808 J. Mayne Siller Gun 60:
Wae's me that disappointed Houp . . . Shou'd drive fowk frae this warld to scoup.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxvi.:
Wha the de'il are ye? . . . scouping about a decent house at sic an hour in the morning?Gsw. 1910 H. Maclaine My Frien' 30:
We were juist comin' into Perth whan he scooped ower twa hens.

Phr. deil scowp, the shame scowp (o' or wi') . . ., as an imprecation = devil take . . .!Sc. c.1800 Sc. Musical Museum (1853) IV. 390:
But deil scoup o' Hume and his menzie.Sc. 1802 Scott Minstrelsy II. 102:
The shame scoup in his company, And land whereer he gae!Sc. 1824 Scott Redgauntlet Letter xi.:
The best blessing they wared on him was, “De'il scowp wi' Redgauntlet!”Gall. 1894 Crockett Raiders xiii.:
“Deil scoup wi' him”, cried Bell.Sh. 1899 Shetland News (2 Sept.):
Oh da deil scoop i' dy company.

II. n. A bounce, thump.Sc. 1711 J. Maidment Ballads (1844) 47:
Alas! our Kirk has gat a scoup Upon her covenanted doup.ne.Sc. 1832 P. Buchan Secret Songs 6:
Then gae'r a scoup upo' the doup.