Sc. Also kipp. [Cf. Germ. (prop. LG.) kippe point, peak, tip.]
1. ‘A term denoting anything that is beaked’ (Jam.), e.g., the tip of the lower jaw of a male salmon at the time of spawning (cf. KIPPER sb. etym. note).
2. A sharp-pointed hill; also, a jutting point, on the side of a hill, etc. (Jam.)
1815. Armstrong, in Pennecuik, Descr. Tweeddale, 228 (Jam.). The kipps, above this, are remarkably steep and pointed hills.
attrib. 1868. J. Hardy, in Proc. Berwick. Nat. Field Club, 376. Kip rocks are numerous in Scotland, the name being applied to jutting eminences or upright points of rocks.
