A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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(Siping,) Sypein, -yn, vbl. n. [North. e.m.E. sipynge (1503), siping (1621), the action of seeping; also in mod. Sc. and in the later north. Eng. dialects; Sipe v.] concr. in pl.: Oozings, dregs, the last drops from a container. —1540 Lynd. Sat. 857 (B).
King: Thyn drink; quhat kin a name is that? Dissait: Sapience, thow servis to beir a plat. Me think thow schawis thé not weill wittit. Falset: Sypyns, schir, sypynis [Ch. Sypeins, sir, sypeins]: mary, thair ȝe hittit
