| 释义 |
† ˈstibbler Sc. Obs.
Also 8 stibler.
[Of obscure origin; for suggestions see Jamieson.]
A licensed probationer who has not yet received a call to a settled ministerial charge.
1721Ramsay Morning Interview 211 Not the long 'tending stibler, at his call;..E'er knew such raptures as this joyful swain. 1815Scott Guy M. xlvi, Ye sticket stibbler [addressed to Dominie Sampson]. 1865R. Paul in B. Bell Mem. (1872) 335 Mr. Burns..is away for six weeks, and only a set of young stibblers in his place. |