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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLYPE, Clipe, Clyp, n.3, v.3 and adv. [kləip]
1. n. A heavy, noisy fall (Bnff.2, Abd.2 1936).Bnff. 1908 P. Robertson in Bnffsh. Jnl. (1 Dec.) 5:
“My freens,” said he . . . “the nearer he thinks himsel' to the yetts of heaven, jist the sairer will be the clype he will get when he dis fa', for fa' he will.”Abd. 1824 G. Smith Douglas, etc. 98:
What reeks a sair shin, or a clipe o' a fa'?
2. v. To fall.Abd.(D) [1903] W. Watson Glimpses o' Auld Lang Syne (1905) 284:
Fat's the eese o' 'im clyppin' doon on's knees an' yabblin' an' prayin' there fin' I canna hear't?Bch. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 69:
As to the fire he stottit thro', The gutters clypin frae him.
3. adv. Suddenly and noisily, as applied to a fall (Bnff.2, Abd.19 1936).Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 29:
He fell clype our amo' the dubs.Hdg. 1801 R. Gall Poems (1819) 35:
Lang Habby Graeme, wi' downright hurry, Played clyp out-owre an auld wheelbarrow.
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