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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Lamp, v.² [Only in Stewart: ? variant, erron. as to form and ? misinterpreted as to application, of Limp v. as at Howlat 969.] Only in the phrase, To lamp in the (also, intill ane) lyme, used trans., = to trap or catch in bird-lime, lit. and fig. —a. lit. 1535 Stewart 4493.
Quhen the bird is lampit in the lyme Ib. 14036.b. fig. Ib. 3623.
Warldlie gloir … , mony one it lampis in the lyme Ib. 7242.
Far sickerar it wes … to flie, Na to be slane and lampit in the lyme Ib. 19615; Ib. 54326.
Or he war tane and lampit in the lyme Ib. 26196.
That he for lufe was lampit in the lyme Ib. 12746.
Tha had bene lampit all in till ane lyme Ib. 56985.
The archbishop … This ill Lyndesay hes lampit in the lyme