An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

LIPPER, s. Leprosy.
Bellenden.

Fr. lepre, id.

Lipper, adj.
1. Leprous.
Stat. Gild.
2. Applied to fish that are diseased.

A. S. hleapere, leprosus.

Chalm. Air.

To LIPPER, v. n. A term denoting the appearance of foam on the tops of the waves, or of breakers.
Douglas.

Lipperis, Lopperis, s. pl. The tops of broken waves.
Ibid.

The same with lapper, lopper, to curdle; or from Isl. hleyp-a, concitare.

LIPPIE, s. The fourth part of a peck, S.
Statist. Acc.

A. S. leap, a basket, Isl. laup, id.