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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Quotation dates: 1494
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Sap, Sapin, n.2 [ME and e.m.E. sapin (1323–4), -yn (Caxton), OF sap, sapin (11th c. and 1100 in Larousse), L. *sappus, sap(p)inus.] A fir- or pine-tree. —1494 Loutfut MS 34b.
[The barnacle goose] is baith fische & foull and bredis in … rottin treis and auld mastis of schippis quhilkis ar maid of treis callit sap [F. sap] and for that caus mony folkis callis thaim sapins [F. sapins] … and thai ar federit and fleis as foullis … and signifies at he that first bure him in armes wes of the natur of watteris, of fische & of foullis and be lordschip he mycht say he wes king of the sey becaus he flew abone al warldlie power and be his natur had dominatioun abone the hiest lordis as the sap [F. sap; Lindsay MS sapin] dois abone the heiast treis
