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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BOMM, Bo'm, v.

1. To dash; to bump. [bɔm]Mry. 1830 T. D. Lauder Moray Floods (1873) 113:
“Here stood I, tryin' to keep the great muckle trees — Sir Thomas's trees,” interjected he . . . — “here I stood, to keep them frae bommin' against us, an' sweepin' us a' to yeternity.”

2. To swagger in walking. This meaning given in E.D.D., under bome, for I.W., Dor. and Som.Abd.(D) 1926 P. Giles in Abd. Univ. Rev. (July) 223:
He wiz a muckle aul' carle wi' a lang baird, an' there he wiz comin' bo'min' up the loan wi' a muckle staff in's han'.