Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶HULIMENT, n. A corruption of tuilyiement s.v. Tulyie, n., a scuffle.Dmf. a.1731 J. & R. Hyslop Langholm (1912) 557:
Ony hustrin, custrin, land-louper or dubscouper . . . wha come here to breed ony hurdum or durdum, huliments or bruliments.