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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1929

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WHUM, n., v. Also whome, home. Dim. and freq. form whummle. [ʍʌm, ʍom, hom]

I. n. 1. A small top put on a stack, a temporary covering of sheaves to keep out rain put on a stack when work is finished for the night (Ork. 1929 Marw., whum(mle), home, Ork.1 1943, home).

2. A half-built stack (Marw., whome).

II. v. To round off the top of a stack by the method described in I. 1. (Ork.1 1943 home, Ork. 1974). Freq. form whummle, phs. conflated with Whummle.Ork. 1929 Marw.:
He was whumman hid up for the night. Whummle hid in noo as fast as thoo can, for hid's high enough.

[Norw. dial. kvelm, a truss of hay, which fills a space in a drying frame, Sw. valm, a small haycock, ultimately of same orig. as Whummle (see s.v. I. 4., 5.).]

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