Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Occasional; accidental.
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- verb Present participle of
lippen . - adjective dialectal
Occasional ;accidental .
Etymologies
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From lippen ("to rely on").
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Examples
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“I aye telled the gudeman ye meant weel to him; but he taks the tout at every bit lippening word.”
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For ye know if anything was to happen to one of they lads, the people would say I had done wrong in lippening [2] a boat to such a young crew. '
The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols William Black 1869
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"I aye telled the gudeman ye meant weel to him; but he taks the tout at every bit lippening word."
The Bride of Lammermoor Walter Scott 1801
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