Lexicographical Neighbors of Siping
Literary usage of Siping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"When you are going to start the engine, the siping tap (of each cylinder) has to
be opened, so that any water which has condensed in it may flow out. ..."
2. The Dialect of Leeds and Its Neighbourhood: Illustrated by Conversations and by C. Clough Robinson (1862)
"Somebody bed flung a can o' watter on him an' he cam in siping." "A siping wet
neet." SIPPY. A half-brained person gets this appellation. SISS. To hiss. ..."
3. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1880)
"In those instances where the chlorine figure lay between .15 and .30 parts, the
cistern is reported as probably siping, the increase coming from the soil, ..."
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