Obs. exc. dial. Also 7 lympyne. = LIMPET.
1585. Higins, trans. Junius’ Nomenclator, 70. Tellina, mytulus, a limpin.
1601. Holland, Pliny, I. 265. The Limpins, Muskles, and Scallops.
1611. Cotgr., Berdin, the shell-fish called a Lympyne, or a Lempet.
1745. P. Thomas, Jrnl. Anson’s Voy., 120. There are … the largest Limpins that perhaps are anywhere to be met with.
1891. Owen’s Pembrokeshire, 126, note. Limpin is still the local name for Limpet.
