A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dram, Drame, a. [Of obscure origin.] Sad, melancholy, dejected …c1500-c1512 Dunb. lii. 23.
I pray That newir dolour mak him dram 1513 Doug. iv. Prol. 158.
Quhat honeste or renoun is to be dram? Or forto drowp lyke a fordullyt as? 15.. Clar. ii. 1658.
He could not mirrie be that thair was drame 1569 Sat. P. x. 16.
Ane woundit man, … Deid eyit, dram lyke, disfigurat was he
