Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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¶IMALDED, pa.p. ? Smothered, buried, overwhelmed. [ɪ′maldəd]Ork. 1929 Marw.:
Of an old man building a cornstack saying to another man who was throwing up the sheaves too fast for him to build — “Stop, stop, thoo'll hae me imalded.”
