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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CLAMMER, Clam'er, v. Sc. forms of Eng. clamber. Known to Bnff.² 1940; Bnff.⁴, Abd.¹³ 1928. Obs. in St.Eng., but still surviving in many Eng. dials. (E.D.D.).Sc. 1887 R. L. Stevenson Underwoods 117:
Noo choose ye out a walie hammer; About the knottit buttress clam'er.Sc. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables frae the French 30:
Baith he an' his son cam' clammerin' doon, An' sae led the cuddy aff to the toon.Fif. 1998 Tom Hubbard Isolde's Luve-Daith 5:
O my beluvit Tristan,
We twa tuik oor blytheheid in that clintie bield,
Or whaur we clammered abune ti reenge fir meat.