Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEAD-LAM(B)S, BEED-, n.pl. Part of the mounting of a silk-loom (Sc. 1818 E. Picken Dict. of Sc. Lang. 11; E.D.D. Suppl.). Obs.Fif. c.1872 (per Fif.3):
Bead Lams. “Lams” [short heddles used in cross weaving] fitted with small glass beads through which the “whip” threads pass instead of the usual heddle “eye.”
Comb.: bead-, beed-lamm(b)-lappets: (1) (see quot.); (2) a peculiar kind of cording.(1) Fif. c.1827 (per Fif.3):
“Lappets” used in combination with “Bead Lams.”(2) Rnf. 1871 D. Gilmour The “Pen” Folk (1873) II. 105:
John had only one topic of permanent interest beyond that of beed-lamb-lappet cording.
