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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1770

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SCRIP, v. To make a derisive or jeering grimace, to scoff.Cai. 1770 Session Papers, Thomson v. Dunbar (26 July) 3:
He, in a very contemptuous manner, scripped with his lips.

[O.Sc. skripe, to jeer, scorn, 1450, scrip, a rude gesture, 1475, a met. form of Early Mid.Eng. skirp, to treat with contempt, O.N. skirpa, to spit. See Skirp, v., 1.]

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