saplingn.

Brit.

/ˈsaplɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈsæplɪŋ/

Forms: Middle English sapp(e)lynge, 1500s sapplyne, 1600s saplyn, 1600s–1800s saplin, 1700s sappling, 1500s– sapling.

Etymology: < sap n.¹ + -ling suffix¹. Compare sipling n.

a. A young tree; esp. a young forest-tree with a trunk a few inches in diameter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [noun] > young tree or sapling

spire1392

sapling1415

springa1450

sipling1513

spear1543

gelding1562

saple1589

tiller1664

treeling1847

timberline1867

treelet1874

pole1882

1415 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 35 In ij sappelynges emptis de Gilberto Walker pro gauntrees, 3s. 8d.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xi. 43 And scars this sentens prent into hys mynd, Hys douchtir for to clos wythin the rynd And stalwart sapplyne or bark of cork tre.

1543 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 412 Yonge saplings.

1543 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 413 Smale saplings.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. iv. 69 Behold mine arme Is like a blasted sapling withered vp.

1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 212 To preserue the timber trees, and saplins likely to become timber trees, Oke, Elme, and Ashe.

1681 T. Dineley Jrnl. Tour Ireland in Trans. Kilkenny Archæol. Soc. 2nd Ser. 4 332 The Roof of this Church is admirable, of whole Saplyns.

1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 310 If the hunter chance to miss his aim, he speedily makes off to a sappling, which the bear..cannot climb.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 18 The broom's tough roots his ladder made, The hazel saplings lent their aid.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 149 Saplins not proper to be cut as timber.

1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxi. 46 The gale, it plies the saplings double.

b. used as a switch.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch

sallow twigc1440

ferule-rod1528

ferule1559

ferula1579

cane1590

ferular1594

saplinga1712

jemmy1753

bamboo rattan1796

sallow switch1802

lathi1850

a1712 W. King Old Cheese 69 Slouch..saw his wife's vigorous hand Wielding her oaken sapling of command.

2. transferred. A young or inexperienced person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > [noun]

youngeOE

younglingOE

girlc1300

youtha1325

young onec1384

birdc1405

young person1438

young blood1557

primrosea1568

slip1582

juvenal1598

quat1607

airling1611

egga1616

saplinga1616

chita1657

a slip of a girla1660

juvenile1733

young adult1762

boots1806

snip1838

spring chicken1857

yob1859

kid1884

chiseller1922

juvenile adult1926

YA1974

yoof1986

a1616 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (1623) iii. ii. 50 Peace tender Sapling, thou art made of teares, And teares will quickly melt thy life away.

1738 G. Lillo Marina i. ii Bawd. You're a sapling to talk so to one of my experience.

1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxx. 265 The saplings from Carter's Barracks, Sydney, are three times greater nuisances than the ‘full growths’ in the Penitentiary there.

1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 192 Right, my sapling; right and well said.

1905 Academy 7 Oct. 1031/2 What god or mortal reared up so fair a sapling?

3. A young greyhound (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound > young

sapling1832

1832 [see sapling stake n. at Compounds 1].

1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound xiv. 274 The young greyhound is called a sapling till he is a year old, after which he becomes a puppy till two years old.

1892 H. Cox Coursing in H. Cox & G. Lascelles Coursing & Falconry (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 56 A sapling is a greyhound whelped on or after January 1 of the same year in which the season of running began.

4. appositively or as adj. That is a sapling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [adjective] > young

sapling1700

spear1891

1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 262 A Saplin Pine he wrench'd from out the Ground.

1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone i. 10 The dormitory's length laid bare, Where the wild-rose blossoms fair; and sapling ash, whose place of birth Is that lordly chamber's hearth?

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 280 The branch of a sapling tree.

Compounds

C1. Simple attributive.

sapling pole n.

ΚΠ

1762 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 437 They [the corn-bins] are made of sapling poles, three or four inches diameter.

sapling stake n. (sense 3.)

ΚΠ

1832 in Altcar Coursing Cal. (1839) 47 Sapling Stakes.

1885 Field 21 Feb. 228/3 Having conspired to run in a sapling stake..a greyhound which was not a sapling.

sapling stick n.

ΚΠ

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 69 He bore no weapon in his hand, excepting a small sapling stick, with a hooked head.

1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 59 The wheel was boxed in, mostly with round sapling-sticks.

C2.

sapling-cup n. an open cup or tankard formed of wood, with staves hooped like a diminutive barrel.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > wooden

rabbit1685

coga1689

sapling-cup1851

quassia cup1856

bidon1867

1851 Archaeol. Jrnl. 8 427 A Sapling cup—an oaken tankard for drinking new ale.

sapling-tankard n.

Derivatives

ˈsaplinghood n. the condition or state of being a sapling.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [noun] > young tree or sapling > state of being

saplinghood1868

1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry vi. 218 Just as one having a rare tree..would not, in its saplinghood, set it..in a forest of full-grown giant trees.

1903 E. K. Wallace in Critic (N.Y.) Oct. 315 Then..I grew From sapling-hood to a Tree.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sapling
释义	saplingn. Brit. /ˈsaplɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsæplɪŋ/ Forms: Middle English sapp(e)lynge, 1500s sapplyne, 1600s saplyn, 1600s–1800s saplin, 1700s sappling, 1500s– sapling. Etymology: < sap n.¹ + -ling suffix¹. Compare sipling n. 1. a. A young tree; esp. a young forest-tree with a trunk a few inches in diameter. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [noun] > young tree or sapling spire1392 sapling1415 springa1450 sipling1513 spear1543 gelding1562 saple1589 tiller1664 treeling1847 timberline1867 treelet1874 pole1882 1415 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 35 In ij sappelynges emptis de Gilberto Walker pro gauntrees, 3s. 8d. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xi. xi. 43 And scars this sentens prent into hys mynd, Hys douchtir for to clos wythin the rynd And stalwart sapplyne or bark of cork tre. 1543 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 412 Yonge saplings. 1543 in J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains (1863) I. 413 Smale saplings. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. iv. 69 Behold mine arme Is like a blasted sapling withered vp. View more context for this quotation 1607 J. Norden Surueyors Dialogue v. 212 To preserue the timber trees, and saplins likely to become timber trees, Oke, Elme, and Ashe. 1681 T. Dineley Jrnl. Tour Ireland in Trans. Kilkenny Archæol. Soc. 2nd Ser. 4 332 The Roof of this Church is admirable, of whole Saplyns. 1775 J. Adair Hist. Amer. Indians 310 If the hunter chance to miss his aim, he speedily makes off to a sappling, which the bear..cannot climb. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 18 The broom's tough roots his ladder made, The hazel saplings lent their aid. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 149 Saplins not proper to be cut as timber. 1896 A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xxxi. 46 The gale, it plies the saplings double. b. used as a switch. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > cane or switch sallow twigc1440 ferule-rod1528 ferule1559 ferula1579 cane1590 ferular1594 saplinga1712 jemmy1753 bamboo rattan1796 sallow switch1802 lathi1850 a1712 W. King Old Cheese 69 Slouch..saw his wife's vigorous hand Wielding her oaken sapling of command. 2. transferred. A young or inexperienced person. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > [noun] youngeOE younglingOE girlc1300 youtha1325 young onec1384 birdc1405 young person1438 young blood1557 primrosea1568 slip1582 juvenal1598 quat1607 airling1611 egga1616 saplinga1616 chita1657 a slip of a girla1660 juvenile1733 young adult1762 boots1806 snip1838 spring chicken1857 yob1859 kid1884 chiseller1922 juvenile adult1926 YA1974 yoof1986 a1616 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus (1623) iii. ii. 50 Peace tender Sapling, thou art made of teares, And teares will quickly melt thy life away. 1738 G. Lillo Marina i. ii Bawd. You're a sapling to talk so to one of my experience. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxx. 265 The saplings from Carter's Barracks, Sydney, are three times greater nuisances than the ‘full growths’ in the Penitentiary there. 1847 F. Marryat Children of New Forest I. xi. 192 Right, my sapling; right and well said. 1905 Academy 7 Oct. 1031/2 What god or mortal reared up so fair a sapling? 3. A young greyhound (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > greyhound > young sapling1832 1832 [see sapling stake n. at Compounds 1]. 1853 ‘Stonehenge’ Greyhound xiv. 274 The young greyhound is called a sapling till he is a year old, after which he becomes a puppy till two years old. 1892 H. Cox Coursing in H. Cox & G. Lascelles Coursing & Falconry (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 56 A sapling is a greyhound whelped on or after January 1 of the same year in which the season of running began. 4. appositively or as adj. That is a sapling. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [adjective] > young sapling1700 spear1891 1700 J. Dryden tr. G. Boccaccio Theodore & Honoria in Fables 262 A Saplin Pine he wrench'd from out the Ground. 1815 W. Wordsworth White Doe of Rylstone i. 10 The dormitory's length laid bare, Where the wild-rose blossoms fair; and sapling ash, whose place of birth Is that lordly chamber's hearth? 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey II. 280 The branch of a sapling tree. Compounds C1. Simple attributive. sapling pole n. ΚΠ 1762 J. Mills New Syst. Pract. Husbandry I. 437 They [the corn-bins] are made of sapling poles, three or four inches diameter. sapling stake n. (sense 3.) ΚΠ 1832 in Altcar Coursing Cal. (1839) 47 Sapling Stakes. 1885 Field 21 Feb. 228/3 Having conspired to run in a sapling stake..a greyhound which was not a sapling. sapling stick n. ΚΠ 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 69 He bore no weapon in his hand, excepting a small sapling stick, with a hooked head. 1900 H. Lawson Over Sliprails 59 The wheel was boxed in, mostly with round sapling-sticks. C2. sapling-cup n. an open cup or tankard formed of wood, with staves hooped like a diminutive barrel. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > wooden rabbit1685 coga1689 sapling-cup1851 quassia cup1856 bidon1867 1851 Archaeol. Jrnl. 8 427 A Sapling cup—an oaken tankard for drinking new ale. sapling-tankard n. Derivatives ˈsaplinghood n. the condition or state of being a sapling. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by age or life cycle > [noun] > young tree or sapling > state of being saplinghood1868 1868 J. T. Nettleship Ess. Browning's Poetry vi. 218 Just as one having a rare tree..would not, in its saplinghood, set it..in a forest of full-grown giant trees. 1903 E. K. Wallace in Critic (N.Y.) Oct. 315 Then..I grew From sapling-hood to a Tree. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1415
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