▪ I. † scorp, v. Sc. Obs. rare.
[Of obscure origin: cf. scrip v.2]
intr. To mock, deride, scoff.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 544 Thir ȝoung lordis sum scorpit with greit scorne, Sayand agane [etc.]. a 1572 Knox Hist. Ref. 93 (Jam.) Thair was presentit to the Quein Regent..a calfe having two heidis, whairat sche scorppit [1586, 1846 scripped, 1644, 1790 skipped], and said, ‘It was bot a comoun thing’. |
▪ II. scorp, n. Mil. slang.
(skɔːp)
Abbrev. of scorpion (sense 7); an inhabitant of Gibraltar. Also Rock-scorp.
| 1912 Jock Scott, Midshipman: His Log iv. 32 By ‘scorps’ he meant rock scorpions, the name bestowed on the inhabitants of Gibraltar. 1957 W. Tute Rock i. 16 Millingham..married a Rock Scorp. Ibid. 19 Perks and privileges for the ruling classes. Fifteen in a room for the poor-quality ‘Scorps’ whose Rock it was. 1973 Publishers Weekly 17 Sept. 59/3 Covering the rock's social strata, from the native ‘scorps’ to the British Governor. |