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▪ I. sapple, n. Sc.|ˈsæp(ə)l|
[f. the vb.]
pl. Soap suds, soap bubbles. Also transf.
1821J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees x. 265 Rubbin' the clothes to juggons between their hands, above the sapples. 1880J. Nicholson Poems 87 Sapples o' the sea-bree Stickin' in her hair. 1931Scots Mag. Sept. 425 She straightened as she saw him, and rubbed the sapples off her hands and arms. 1953Kirriemuir Free Press 3 Sept., On washin'-days 'twas reamin' ower Wi' rowth o' sapples.
▪ II. sapple, v. Sc.|ˈsæp(ə)l|
[Frequentative of sap, Sc. var. of sop v.: cf. sappy a. 5 a.]
trans. To saturate in water, to rinse, wash out; spec. to soak (clothes) in soapy water. Also intr. (esp. for refl.) and ˈsappling vbl. n.
1836A. Cunningham Ld. Roldan I. ix. 255 His Sunday finery will have got a sappling! 1850R. Stewart Musings of Stray Hours 60 She had nae other wish, than in whiskey to sapple. 1897A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine 18 His claes were gey weel sappled wi' the wat grass. 1985E. Lochhead True Confessions 102, I sappled through my nylons and kept myself nice. |