A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1590-1610
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Dammist, -est, ppl. a. [f. Dammis,v.] Stunned, stupefied. —c1590 J. Stewart 14/72.
For dammest dreid thay thocht his dints induird 1600-1610 Melvill 85.
Giff I haid a dammist sear hart 1600-1610 Ib. 253.
The auld man being dammist and machles