Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOME, v. “To throw a ball or stone high in the air” (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton, Gloss.). A term in use in the old George Heriot School, Edinburgh; perhaps an abbrev. for boomerang.
