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seed-lip|ˈsiːdlɪp| Forms: 1–2 sǽdléap, 2 sed læp, 3 sedelip, sedlep, 4 sedelep, seed-leep, 5 sedlepe, seedlep(e, -leppe, ceed(eleep(e, 6 seede-leape, (7 seed-lappe, -lop, sydlop), 7–8 seed-leap, (8 dial. sidlup), 7– seedlip. Also seblet. [OE. sǽdléap; see seed n. and leap n.2] A basket in which seed is carried in the process of sowing by hand.
c1100Gerefa in Anglia IX. 264/13 Man sceal habban..windlas, systras, syfa, sædleap, hriddel, hersyfe [etc.]. 1154O.E. Chron. an. 1124, Swa þæt be tweonen Cristes messe & Candel messe man sælde þæt acer sæd hwæte þæt is tweᵹen sed læpas to six scillingas. 1235–52Rentalia Glaston. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 57 Unum sedelip plenum de frumento. c1340Nominale (Skeat) 861 Herce et semyloun. Harewe and sedelep. c1440Promp. Parv. 64/2 Ceed lepe or hopyr, satorium. c1565Abp. Parker Ps. cxxvi. 376 Who goeth from home: all heavily—With his seede-leape: his land to try. 1607J. Carpenter Plaine Mans Plough 81 God hath..sent forth..his holy Prophets with this soueraigne Seed in the spirituall seed-lappe. 1620Markham Farew. Husb. iv. 36 To euery bushell of that seede you shall adde a bushell of Bay salt and mixe them very well together in your Hopper or Sydlop. 1669Worlidge Syst. Agric. xi. §4. 275 A Seed-lop, or Seed-lip, the Hopper, or Vessel wherein they carry their Seed at the time of Sowing. 1766Complete Farmer 5 D 1/1 s.v. Lucern, The labourer, if he makes use of a peat-ash spoon and seed-lip, may sprinkle the rows of an acre in four or five hours. 1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 163 From the seedlip [he] scatters wide around The fruitful grain. 1884Jefferies Life of Fields 150 A seed-lip, which is a vessel like a basket used in sowing corn. |