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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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‡SCRAP, v. Also scraap, scryaap (Abd. 1955 W. P. Milne Eppie Elrick iv.), scraup, scrawp, scrop. Variants of Scrape, also found in Eng. dial. [skrɑ(:)p]

1. To scrape, scratch, to draw together with the hands, to amass money or make a livelihood with difficulty or parsimony (Gall. 1969). Comb. scrawp-hard, n., a miser (Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 150). Deriv. scropper, id.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 117:
'Twill tak this seven year, I fear, an' mae, Scrap where we like, ere she be fit to gae.Mry. 1873 J. Brown Round Table Club 285:
Scraupit oot o' a rabbit's hole.Mry. 1897 J. Mackinnon Braefoot Sk. 11:
Faur did that lang, dirty, hungry, scrawpit-lookin' tangle o' a chap come oot o'?Kcb.⁴ 1900:
A scropper's gatherin' aften gets a wide skailin.Dmf. 1912 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo 89:
I was scrappin' aboot 'roon Gabriel's feet for nice big splinters.Abd. 1969 Huntly Express (11 July):
I hid tae scraap for mine amon' the grun.

2. To bow, make an awkward obeisance.Lnk. a.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 267:
She'll learn to ta lady to scrap an' to pow.