Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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EUM, Uim, adj. Of animals: mad, furious (Ork. 1845 Stat. Acc.2 XV. 96, 1866 Edm. Gl., uim; Ork.5 1950); “applied to a bull, swine, ram, gander, cock. Never to a horse” (Ork. 1929 Marw., uim). [øm]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 17:
The breut baest was fairly eum; an' gin he hed no' been will i' the heid wi' stawn'in sae lang, he micht ha'e deun muckle ill.Ork. 1908 J. T. S. Leask in Old-Lore Misc. I. viii. 320:
He maybe kens a peerie air aboot crampy grises an' kye includan eum bull . . . bit sae far as da wants o' wir isles geong he's a stoopid amiter.
