Obs. One who ‘lappeth of the water with his tongue’ (Judges vii. 5).
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. (1834), 278. No less miraculous acts were expected and promised … then those of Gideon with his water-lappers.
1676. W. Row, Contn. Blair’s Autobiog., x. (1848), 163. Captain Ellis company … were all water lappers, Judges vii. 5–7, and bible bearers.
