neep

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The old man, whose thoughts were just those of a wise child, had said to him once We ken no more, Maister Sutherlan', what we're growin' till, than that neep-seed there kens what a neep is, though a neep it will be.

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  1. An obsolete form of neap.
  2. A turnip. [Obsolete, except, in Scotland.] Nowe rape and neep in places drie is sowe, As taught is erst, and radissh last this moone Atte drie is sowe. Palladius, Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 172.

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  • She has a cluttered recollection of yips, a neep and thunder as well of beautiful visions of twinkling dots, vibrant streaks and luminous clouds that were a part of her peaceful dream. —  WordPress.com News
  • - Help. com anxiety attack, i neep help to calm down. has helped in 1 other user's post. —  [Help] Most Recent Posts
  • "Seńor, pardon, she died, too 1] Pronounced Hoo-neep-ero, with the accent on the second syllable 2] The best pen-picture of San Francisco just before the discovery of gold that I know of is that given by one who was an eye-witness: "At that time (July, 1847), what is now called San Francisco was called Yerba Buena. —  California Romantic and Resourceful; : a plea for the collection, preservation and diffusion of information relating to Pacific coast history
  • The old man, whose thoughts were just those of a wise child, had said to him once We ken no more, Maister Sutherlan', what we're growin' till, than that neep-seed there kens what a neep is, though a neep it will be. —  David Elginbrod
  • The only odds is, that we ken that we dinna ken, and the neep-seed kens nothing at all aboot it. —  David Elginbrod
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  1. Also neap; from ME, neep, nepe, neppe, from Anglo-Saxon nǣp, from Latin napus. a kind of turnip (later ult. English navew, q. v.). Hence, in comp., turnep. now turnip.
 

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