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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sippler, n. [Appar. nonce, and only Sc.; but cf. e.m.E. and later Sc. dial. sipple v. (1566) ‘to drink (liquor, etc.) slowly or by small sips’. Perhaps influenced by ME and e.m.E. tippler (1396).] One who sips or drinks (liquor); a drinker, imbiber. —1581 Hamilton Facile Tr. in Cath. Tr. (STS) 227/6.
I wald ask … of thir sipplers of guid suiet wyne, what is the trew meaning of this scripture spokin of the Messias

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