Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1817
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†GLAMSHACH. adj. “Greedy, grasping; gluttonous” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D. Add., Bnff.4 1927). Also glumshach (Lth. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 117).Dmb. 1817 J. Walker Poems 53:
Yet glamshach fouk, at different times, Hae sipt the kirn, an' rave their waims.
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