Lexicographical Neighbors of Lippering
Literary usage of Lippering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature by Norman Lockyer, Nature Publishing Group (1875)
"Numerous lively streams in pebbly beds, and whimpering rills, diversified with
little lippering cascades, abound ; some almost concealed under the scrubby ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"He saw then that the window was open and the sea-water lippering nearly to the
sill of it; and he took off his bonnet and sat down, and let the cool breeze ..."
3. The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the Popular Names and Uses of the by George Johnston, George Tate (1853)
"... and all their concomitant weeds and flowers on this side, while a little burn,
with scarce audible noise, runs lippering in the bottom. ..."
4. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... nor can these lighten the boat so much as that she will not appear, according
to the phrase of the fishermen, just lippering with the water. ..."
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