a. Sc. Obs. [f. FOR- pref.1 + loppin, pa. pple. of loup, LEAP v.] Fugitive, runaway, vagabond.
150020. Dunbar, Poems, xxxiii. 5.
Methocht a Turk of Tartary | |
Come throw the boundis of Barbary, | |
And lay forloppin in Lumbardy. |
157[?]. Satir. Poems Reform., xlv. 8. Ane fals, forloppen, fenyeit freir.