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Quotation dates: 1420, 1499-1650
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Stramp, v. Also: strampe, strampt. [Appar. formed by the merging of Stamp(e v. and Tramp v.1 Also in the later dial.]
1. intr. To bring the feet down forcibly. Also const. on, in (something), and fig. = Stamp(e v. 1.c1420 Ratis Raving App. ii 12.
Stramp, or thow slyd, and crep furth one the way a1500 Henr. Orph. 105 (Bann.).
Scho strampit on a serpent vennemus c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 493.
And him befor, with my fut fast on his I stramp 1529 Lynd. Complaynt 288.
Now in the court seindell he gois, In dreid men stramp vpon his tois 1531 Bell. Boece II 86.
All wemen that strampis on this sepulture sall be ay barrant, but ony frute of thair wamb 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 108.
Thow sall strampe on the edderis stang, And tred on the cruell cocketrice a1578 Pitsc. I 222/13.
Thow art ower pairt, lurdane, and sad to strampt on my fute 1595 Criminal Trials II 331.
Being moued on zele to cast ther sacra hostia … out of the priestis handis … and to stramp on it with his fete 1616 Rogers Social Life III 300.
His hors strampit upon the leg of the said lamb and brak it 1616 Orkney & Zetl. Sheriff Ct. 72b.
She pluikit vp the gras that the said Annas strampit on 1622-6 Bisset I 44/33.
All sepulturis, sall be haldin in reverence … that nane strampe thaironproverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 1284.
The more ye stramp on a tuird it is the broader a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1397.
Stramp on a snail, sche will steir with her taill a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1436.
The blak ox hes not strampit on his foote yet a1628 Carmichael Prov. No. 1440.
The mair ye stramp in dirt it growis the braider
2. tr. To trample on. Also const. doun, in(to) (something). Also proverb., const. out.(1) 1590-1 R. Bruce Serm. 52.
The wicked are sayd to stramp the blood of Christ under their feet: Quhy? Because their malice is als great as theirs that stramped his blood 1631 Orkney Bishopric Court Book MS 75.
The said Ronald Thomesone … strak woundit & bled the said Mareoun and strampit hir with his feit(2) 1556 Criminal Trials I i 390.
That nane … tak vpone hand to eitt, distroy or stramp doune ony growand cornes with thair horssis 1585 Perth B. Ct. 31 May.
[He] strampit doun the ground sawin be me of befoir 1590 Crail B. Ct. MS 6 Oct.
Ane hird to attend and await vpon the saidis bestiall that the samin enter nocht vpon ony manis corneis … to eit destroy or stramp doun the samin 1601 Reg. Privy C. VI 222.
[Duff had] strampit and kaist the teillit furris downe(3) 1535 Stewart 28104.
Forbad … in streit, To mak ane cors quhair men ȝeid on thair feit, That it sould not dishonorit be … Vnder thair feit to stramp into the glar 1607 Reg. Privy S. VII 306.
[He] slang hir undir thair feet and strampit hir in gutteris(4) proverb. a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS No. 578.
He hes stramped out many a dubs ey
b. To stramp out, to extinguish (a fire) by stamping or trampling.c1650 Spalding II 368.
When the people saw this fyre, thay ran to quenshe and stramp it out
3. fig. a. To stramp doun, under fute, to put down forcibly, suppress. b. To stramp away, fourtht, out, to root out, extirpate.a. (1) 1540 Lynd. Sat. 3786.
And commoun weill by tirrandis strampit doun c1552 Lynd. Mon. 5795.
With mony one cowle and clyppit crown, Quhilk Christis lawis strampit down 1562-3 Winȝet II 76/14.
Sanct Capreolus … quha … prayt na wther thing bot that the noueltie being strampit doun, antiquitie suld be defendit(2) 1581 Hamilton Cath. Tr. 56.
Ve stramp vnder feit the sone of the leuing God ressauing his bodie so impurelie 1600 Criminal Trials II 253.
All reuerence of a Christian to his God, and of a subject to his prince, was strampit wnder fute 1600-1610 Melvill 648.
All his enimies salbe strampit under fittb. a1578 Pitsc. I 85/25.
It had bene goode … that the Earle … had bene rootted out of memorie, cleane strampit away a1578 Pitsc. I 94/16.
Deservand forfalltour and his memorie to be abussit and strampit fourtht for ewer c1650 Spalding II 72.
To stramp it out, he meinis him self to the Parliament
