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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HAMEART, adj. Also hamer(t), ham(m)art, hammert, haim(e)art, -ert, and erroneous hameant (Sc. 1897 Scots Mag. (Nov.) 408).

1. Home-made, of native manufacture, home-grown (Mearns, Ayr. 1825 Jam.; Rnf.1 c.1920; Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 128; Ags., Fif., Dmf. (hamer) 1956). Also adv. as in hamer(t)-made, home-made (Ags. 1956), also used fig. of persons; hameart-spun. Adv. haimertly, domestically (Cld. 1880 Jam.).Ayr. 1790 J. Fisher Poems 118:
Sic cloaks are made o' hame'art claith.
Rnf. 1827 W. Taylor Poems 58:
The yarn in grist is a' alike, Tho' ham'art spun.
Ags. 1857 A. Laing Wayside Flowers 144:
Hameart mak' is best o' wear, Thae market things they ha'e nae bidin'.
Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin v.:
A pair o' coarse, ribbed, hamert-wrocht blue stockin's.
Edb. 1885 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) VIII. 73:
Hughie, her prince, in his hamert-made duds.
Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems & Sk. 185:
Her hamer-made attire, she pled, Was course an' oot o' fashion.
Dmf. 1899 Country Schoolmaster (Wallace) 334:
I pledge myself to vote for Mark . . . after a', he's haimert-made and genuine.
Abd. 1928 J. Baxter A' Ae 'Oo' 19:
Winter! A' the steadin catties, Sick o' hameart mice an' ratties.

2. Of speech: homely, vernacular, Scots (Rnf. 1790 A. Wilson Poems 206, hammart).Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 168:
I score them down, in hamart rhime To please mysel'.
Kcd. 1819 J. Burness Plays 312:
[They may] flout our soncy hameart leed, But deil-ma-care.
Per. 1895 R. Ford Tayside Songs 56:
Whaure'er is heard the haimart tongue There's muckle mirth an' lauchin'.

3. Of things: plain, simple, without ornament; of persons: unpolished, unsophisticated (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Ags. 1956).Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 180:
Thon sonsiest, hamart, auld clay biggin'.
Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds xxvi.:
An auld-fashioned man, a hame'art gentleman, who has never seen the world.

4. “Childishly attached to home” (Lnk. 1825 Jam.). Hence hamartness, n., (Ags. Ib.), haimert- (Cld. 1880 Jam.).

[A variant of Hamelt, phs. with influence from hameart, s.v. Hameward.]

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"Hameart adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 22 Nov 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/hameart>

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