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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1614
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Sippe, v. [ME and e.m.E. sippe (Chaucer), syppy (15th c.), syppe (1530), sip (1602).] tr. To sip; to drink or imbibe in small draughts (here, fig.). — c1614 Mure Dido & Æneas i 274.
The shippe … sinking sippes the seas, by weight downe borne
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