Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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GUMPHION, n. Also gumpheon. A funeral banner. Hist. Cf. Gumflerman.Sc. a.1725 A. Nisbet Heraldry (1742) II. iv. xiv.:
Next followed the little Gumpheon carried upright.Sc. 1815 Scott Guy M. xxxvii.:
And then the funeral pomp set forth; saulies with their batons, and gumphions of tarnished white crape.
