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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1723-1790, 1891-1911

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SYLLAB, n., v. Also sil(l)ab, sylib; syllup (Ags. 1889 Barrie W. in Thrums xix., Abd. 1931); and by confusion with the name of the dish of flavoured curds, syllabab. [′sɪləb, -əp]

I. n. A syllable. Obs. exc. dial in Eng.Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 318:
Shool sic verses aff ding dang, And no ae syllab' o' them wrang?
Ags. 1891 Barrie Little Minister xxv.:
He hasna heard a sylib.
Kcb. 1911 Crockett Rose of the Wilderness xxiii.:
'Stoor' — no a syllabab mair.

II. v. To divide words into syllables, esp. in teaching a child to read (Sc. 1825 Jam.).Gsw. 1723 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 173:
A Dialogue betuixt a Young Lady and her Schooll Master, showing the right way of sillabing.
Sc. 1736 Curiosities Sc. Charta Chest (Forbes 1897) 89:
Roby is doing very well at his Silabing.
Sc. 1742 Hjaltland Misc. (1937) II. 6:
12 Vincent's Catechisms, 3 Musick books, 20 syllabing Catechisms.

[O.Sc. syllab, a.1500, Mid.Eng. silap, syllab, O.Fr. sillabe, = Eng. syllable, which is from the Norm. Fr. form sillable.]

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