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(Schepest,) Sheipest, superl. adj. [? Nonce-form, f. S(c)hepe n. Cf. ME and e.m.E. sheepish, etc.] ? Most sheeplike. — 1665–7 Lauder Jrnl. 109.
Al Scots, save only one Englishman (whom Lostis alleadged to have the manliest face of all the company; we on the contrare, that he had the sheipest)
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