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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mekill-,) Meklewame, Meikle-wambe, Mekill-wymb, n. A, or the, big belly. a. Applied disparagingly to the human stomach. b. The largest stomach of a ruminant, the paunch. — a1500 K. Hart 910.
I leif … To gluttony … This meikle wambe this rottin levir als 1531 Vaus (1566).
To towme my mekill wymb 1596 Dalr. I. 94/32.
Thay take the hail meklewame of ane slain ox [supra the painches of ane ox or ane kow]
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