A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Camp, n.2 [ON. kamp-r moustache. Cf. Kemp n.] pl. Whiskers (of an animal). —a1500 Henr. Fab. 1406.
The myis wes not effeird, … Sum tirlit at the campis of his beird Ib. 2797.
I sall find the way … To bring thé ouer … And not weitand the campis of thy beird
