kippagen.
/ˈkɪpɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈkɪpɪdʒ/, Scottish English /ˈkɪpɪdʒ/ Scottish.† 1. ‘The company sailing on board a ship, whether passengers or mariners’ (Jamieson). Cf. equipage n. 13.
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society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > [noun] > all the people on board a ship
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1578 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 104 Considder diligentlie how mekill flesche may serve euerie schip and thair kippage for that present veyage.
2. ‘Disorder, confusion’ (Jamieson); a state of excitement or irritation.Cf. such French phrases as mettre en piteux équipage to wreck or destroy (Littré).
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun] > a state of excitement
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1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Kippage, disorder, confusion. One is said to be in a sad kippage, when reduced to a disagreeable dilemma, Loth[ian].
1814 W. Scott Waverley III. vi. 77 The Colonel's in an unco' kippage . View more context for this quotation
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 289 Dinna pit yoursel into a kippage.
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