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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HAMPER, v. Sc. usages: 1. To straiten, confine, cramp (Sc. 1808 Jam.; I.Sc., Arg., Uls. 1956). Now obs. in Eng.Abd. 1768 A. Ross Helenore 47:
We'll mak a shift to tyne her o' the road, An' sae get aff, 'tis hampert living here.
2. Fig. in phr. to be hamper'd of, to be deprived of.Ib. 45:
They speer'd the cause that made her sae behave, Was she found out for mending o' their mail, Or was she hamper'd of content or heal?
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