Lexicographical Neighbors of Lippies
Literary usage of Lippies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1873)
"... one peck two lippies and two-fifths of ... one peck two lippies and two-fifths
of lippy oatmeal, three pecks and ..."
2. The British Calculator, Consisting of Tables for the Use of the Gentleman ...by Brown & Jackson by Brown & Jackson (1814)
"Shewing the LENGTH and BREADTH in ELLS required for I and 2 lippies, of 100 Square
Ells each, from 2 to 26 Ells in breadth. EXPLANATION. ..."
3. The History of Scotland, from the Union to the Abolition of the Heritable by John Struthers (1827)
"Money, Rent payable in money, L. 1109 IS 1 Barley, 159 Ii.lV, 2 lippies, at 6s.
11U Oatmeal, 167 bolls, 1 peck, at do. per Oats, 318 bolls. ..."
4. History of Scotland by George Buchanan (1829)
"L.625 19 10 Barley, 308 bolls, 1 peck, 2 lippies, at (is. Il\.l. per boll . .
106 18 0 Oatmeal, 426 bolls, 2 fir- lots, 1 peck, at do. ..."
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