Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
FLAM, n.3, v.2 Also flaum, flaam. Sc. variants of Eng. flame.
I. n. A flare, glare or reflection of light.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.:
Thon burnin' Zeppelin made a grand flam' i' the lift.Rxb. 1925 E. C. Smith Mang Howes 19:
Een as the flaam o the waather-gleam skails afore'd the cluds threh an owrecuissen lift.
II. v. 1. In ppl.adj. flaumin, †“flaming, exerting, etc.” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 205); ‡in a hurry (Gall. 1934).
†2. “To fly out and in; used with respect to any cutaneous eruption, when inconstant as to its appearance” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.). Cf. sim. use of Eng. flare.
[See note to Flamb.]
