Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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¶HAMMIT, Hammot, adj. Plentiful; applied to closely-growing but short-stalked corn and to corn or potatoes when many ears or tubers appear on one stalk (Ags. 1808 Jam.)Ib.:
The corn's very hammit though there be little fodder.
