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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1684
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Lomeing, vbl. n. (Gael. lomadh vbl.n. f. lom v. to shear, shave, make bare, strip, unhusk (Dwelly): ‘when the grain was hardened by the fire previous to being put into the quern to grind, it was placed in a tub and stamped with the bare feet to separate the hard inner shells of the corn; this operation was called lomadh’.) —1684 Symson Descr. Galloway 74.
Before they carry the corne to the mill, after it is dry'd in the killn, they lay it upon the killn-flour in a circular bed, about a foot thick; then, being barefoot, they go among it. rubbing it with their feet, (this they call lomeing of the corne.) and by this meanes the long beards or awnds are separated from the corne
