ˈcrappit-head Sc.
[Crappit has the form of a pa. pple. of a vb. crap or crop, not otherwise found, but compared by Jamieson with earlier Du. krappen to fill the crop of, cram (a capon, etc.).]
The head of a haddock stuffed with the roe, oatmeal, suet, and spices. (Jamieson.)
| 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxii, I gae a look to making the friar's chicken mysell, and to the crappit-heads too. 1816 ― Antiq. vi, Here is fish and sauce, and crappit-heads. 1861 Ramsay Remin. Ser. ii. 64 ‘Eat crappit heads for supper last night and was the waur o't'. |