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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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Quhomle, Quhomell, v. Also: *Humil. [Metathesized var. of Quholm v. Cf. mod. Sc. dial. whom(m)le, -el, whomble, wham(m)el, whummel, etc., north-eastern Sc. fom(m)le, -el, fummel, -il, north. Eng. dial. whomle, whumble, whummel, etc., Eng. dial. w(h)emmel, w(h)emble, wimmel, etc.] tr. a. To overturn upone (a fire). b. fig. To submerge or drown (in sorrow); only in p.p. quhomlit. Cf. Ourquhelm(e v. d. —a. 1632 Justiciary Cases I 211.
And thaireftir be cuming to the fyre with the said pan and water thairin and casting the watter thairupoun and quhomelling the pan upone the fyre —b. 1567 Sat. P. iv 51.
Thus was I than to doloure destinat … Quhomlit in sorow and plungeit in cair