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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

†SIPLING, n. A sapling, a young tree (Slk. 1825 Jam.), as in comb. birk-siplin, a young birch (Ib.).

[Found in O.Sc. syplin, supplin, id., 1513, and in n.Eng. dial. Hardly a variant of sapling, on account of the change of vowel. N.E.D. suggests O.Fr. souplin, a shoot of a tree. Poss. there is influence from or connection with Sip, v.2, Sype.]

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