sapplen.
/ˈsap(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈsæp(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈsap(ə)l/ Scottish.
plural. Soap suds, soap bubbles. Also transferred.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing agents > [noun] > water or solutions > types of solution > soap and water
graith1513
suds1581
lather1583
soap-suds1611
bumble broth1624
soap-sud1699
sapples1821
soap and water1837
suds1884
1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees x. 265 Rubbin' the clothes to juggons between their hands, above the sapples.
1880 J. Nicholson Poems 87 Sapples o' the sea-bree Stickin' in her hair.
1931 Scots Mag. Sept. 425 She straightened as she saw him, and rubbed the sapples off her hands and arms.
1953 Kirriemuir Free Press 3 Sept. On washin'-days 'twas reamin' ower Wi' rowth o' sapples.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
sapplev.
/ˈsap(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈsæp(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈsap(ə)l/ Scottish.
transitive. To saturate in water, to rinse, wash out; spec. to soak (clothes) in soapy water. Also intransitive (esp. for reflexive) and ˈsappling n.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of soaking or steeping > be soaked or steeped [verb (intransitive)]
soakc1000
fleet1297
steepc1412
swimc1450
soga1552
macerate1612
sug1633
sapple1836
marinate1984
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun] > washing with soapy water
soaping1556
lathering1598
lathera1627
sappling1836
sudsing1844
sudding1909
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > wash [verb (transitive)] > wash in soapy water
latherc950
soap1585
suds1834
yellow-soap1836
soap-and-water1847
sapple1897
1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. ix. 255 His Sunday finery will have got a sappling!
1850 R. Stewart Musings of Stray Hours 60 She had nae other wish, than in whiskey to sapple.
1897 A. J. Armstrong Robbie Rankine 18 His claes were gey weel sappled wi' the wat grass.
1985 L. Lochhead True Confessions 102 I sappled through my nylons and kept myself nice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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