a. and sb. [f. TRIPE sb.1 + -AL.]

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  † A.  adj. Of or pertaining to the tripes or entrails. Obs. rare.

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1709.  [W. King], Usef. Transact. Philos., March–April, 47. Microscopical Observations on the Membranes of the Intestines, and other Trypal Vessels.

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  B.  sb. A tall, lanky, or slovenly person. Sc.

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1809.  Skinner, Poems, Christmas Ba’ing, 4. But a lang trypall there was Snap, Cam’ on him wi’ a bend.

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1871.  W. Alexander, Johnny Gibb, x. (dial.). Mair smeddum … nor the like o’ that gawkie trypal.

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