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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Wamit, -yt, Wambit, adj. [ME and e.m.E. wombede (1297); Wame n.] a. Gret wamyt, pregnant. (Wame n. 3.) b. Having a belly of a particular sort. —a. c1420 Wynt. v 1906 (W).
Gret wamyt with child this lady wes 1513 Doug. ii iv 68.
This fatale monstre [sc. the Trojan horse] clam our the wallis then Gret wamyt [Sm. wamit; L. feta] and stuffit ful of armyt men —b. 1531 Bell. Boece II 201.
Ane man … , side wambit, heidit like ane sow

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