Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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†LOME, v. To take the husks off corn by treading on it (see quot.).Gall. c.1700 A. Symson Large Descr. Gall. (1823) 74:
Before they carry the corne to the mill, after it is dried in the killn, they lay it upon the killn-flour in a circular bed, about a foot thick; then, being barefoot, they go among it, rubbing it with their feet, (this they call lomeing of the corne,) and by this means the long beards or awnds are separated from the corne, and the corne made, as they terme it, more snod and easie to pass through the mill.
