v. Sc. Forms: 6 woup, wowp (wolp, wewp); 9 wop, wup (oup, oop). [Of obscure origin. Cf. WOOP sb. and WHIP v. 19.]
1. trans. To bind (something) round with cord, thread, etc.
1512–3. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., IV. 464. Smale towis to wowp the Margrettis mast with.
1567. Reg. Privy Council Scot., I. 360. I wo barrell cordis … to woup brokin stokis and quheillis.
a. 1586. Dunbar’s Goldin Targe, 62 (Maitland Fol. MS.). Tressis cleir wouppit [v.r. wypit] with goldin threidis.
1802. Sibbald, Chron. S. P., Gloss., Oop, Oup, to join by hooping.
1808. Jamieson, s.v. Oop, Wup,… to bind with a thread or cord; to splice.
2. a. To unite or join (thread, yarn, etc.). b. To secure or fasten by tying.
1815. Scott, Guy M., iv. A hank [of yarn], but not a haill ane—the full years o’ three score and ten, but thrice broken, and thrice to oop.
1871. W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, i. Tak the aul’ pleuch ryn [= rein] there, and wup it ticht atween the stays.
