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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1513-1552, 1632
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Sypar, -er, n. [Reduced var. of ME sypres (a1400), syprese (1474). Cf. Cypir n.2, Cypres n. and Sapros n.] a. The wood of the cypress tree. b. attrib. and comb. —a. ?1438 Alex. i 2968.
Be the scheild of syper cleir —b. 1540 Maxwell Mem. 409.
Ane syper coffer 1632 Edinburgh Testaments LV 270.
Ane syper kist pryce sex li. — 1513 Doug. ii xi 61.
Ane ald tempil, … Besyde quham growis a sypir tre full auld 1535 Stewart 37580.
The sylar als wes of the sypar tre c1552 Lynd. Mon. 713.
The Lord began … to mak the man. Nocht of the lille, nor the rose, Nor syper tre
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