A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1597-1598
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
(Rame,) Raim, n. (Cf. Rame,v., also later Sc. dial. rame a cry, a continuous repetition of the same words or sound (Jam.).) —a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 1552.
The breid of the gowk sho hes not a raim but ane