A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bumlar, Bumbler, n. [f. dial. bummil, bumble to bungle.] A bungler. —a1585 Polwart Flyt. 146.
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