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ATAP, adv. Also atoap.
Sc. forms of Eng. atop (atap Bnf, Ags., Ayr., Dmf.; atoap Edb. 2000s). Gsw. 1991 Maud Devine in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 123:
Thoan's
ma cairn
stane oan stane
aye cheyngin aye growin
wurd chukkies wurd bools cast
atoap
a mountain
bi trauchled boadies
a puddin hill o reachin
frae yin oanganger ti anitherAbd. 1996 Sheena Blackhall Wittgenstein's Web 86:
Bit as seen's he wis in the sea, tho he slippit alang — hauf in, hauf oot the watter — ye cud see twis him richt aff frae the yark he gied wi his flippers, frae the wye the gun cockit oot aneth his oxter an the care he tuik tae meeve alang, heid-doon, atap the watter.
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