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. Twa 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.
