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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Tippill, Tipple, v. Also: tiple. [e.m.E. tiple (1544), tipple (1560), typpil (1570).] intr. To drink alcohol, chiefly habitually. 15.. Wyf Awcht. 3 (B).
In Awchtirmwchty thair dwelt ane man … Quha weill cowld tippill owt a can [K. Sa well can tipple vpon a good can] 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Pitisso, to sip or tipple 1581 Hamilton Facile Tr. in Cath. Tr. 227/13.
What meanis the prophete, be this wyne … Is it sik whairof thay tipple willinglie at thair comeres banquets? ?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. II 99.
[The archbishop of St. Andrews] used to sitt upp late and tipple in tavernes 1670 Old Ross-shire I 308.
Harie Urquhart … daillie obreads my … reputation … quhen he is tipleing 1699 Kirkton Hist. xlviii.
I am not drunk. I cannot say that but you have tippled, you have abused the creature
b. tr., transf. To waste (time) drinking alcohol. 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 566.
[Admission of Elders] Ye must not be lovers … of strong drink, nor tipple away time in alehouses
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