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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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(Umbered,) Ombrdd, ppl. adj. [e.m.E. vmber'd (Shakespeare).] That has been coloured with umber, or rendered umber in colour. —1694 Dunbar Social Life I 148.
Ane kinkine tarmaluk, for dying; lykewise three casks of ombrdd mather, free of gust, about seven hundred weight the peece
