maupe dial.
Also 7 maulpp, malpe, 9 mwope, mawp.
[Of obscure origin: cf. the synon. alp2, olp, nope.]
A bullfinch. Also attrib.
| 1654 Goostrey Churchw. Acc. in Earwaker Sandbach (1890) 248 For killing a dozen of maupes. 1670 Wilmslow Churchw. Acc. in Earwaker E. Cheshire (1877) I. 115 Paid for 16 maupe heads 6d. 1673 Rostherne Churchw. Acc. in Lanc. Gloss. (E.D.S.), Payd for maulpp taken 38 in Rostherne [etc.]..for every malpe 1d. 1885 Swainson Prov. Names Birds 66 Bullfinch..Mwope (Dorset). Mawp (Lancashire). |