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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1438, 1546-1623
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Ambland, ppl. a. Also: ambuland, amlan(d), (h)ameland; aumbling, amling, ammelling. [ME. amblende (1393), ambling, pr. p. of amble Ambil v.] Of a horse, etc.: Ambling.(a) ?1438 Alex. ii. 6400.
Ane palfray wele ambland [F. palefroi … bien amblant] 1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXII. 26 b.
Ane broun ambland haikney 1551 Treasurer's Accounts X. 41.
For ane ambland hors to my lord governour 1577 Edinburgh Testaments V. 281 b.
Ane broun ambuland naig 1596 Dalr. I. 12/27.
Galloway … is nobilitate … cheiflie in aumbling horse 1614 Criminal Trials III. 265.
Ane gray ambland meir(b) 1567 Edinburgh Testaments I. 49.
Ane blak hameland hors … by [= besides] the airschipe hors 1591 Ib. XXII. 292 b.
Ane broun amland Naig 1594 Black Bk. Taymouth 299.
The lairdis gray amlan cursor 1603 Reg. Privy C. VI. 839.
A blak ammelling mare 1608 Criminal Trials III. 45.
He wes onlie ryding vpoun ane amling naig 1623 Pont Cunningham (1876) 387.
The broune ameland hors
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