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skirp, v. rare. Now Sc. [a. ON. skirpa (also Icel. and MSw.), to spit.] †1. a. intr. To behave with contempt.b. trans. To mock, deride. (Cf. scrip v.2) Obs. rare.
c1200Ormin 7393 Ȝiff þeȝȝ herenn ohht off Godd, & skirrpenn þær onnȝæness. Ibid. 7389. ? c 1450 Holland Howlat 67 (Bann. MS.), Sum bird will..skirp me with scorne. 2. trans. To splash up on; to bespatter.
1871W. Alexander Johnny Gibb (1873) 18 The boat rising up and down on its very ends, and leaning over till the spray actually ‘skirpit’ her face. |