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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HAMEWARD, adv., adj. Also hamewart; -worth (Bch. 1929 J. Milne Dreams o' Buchan 45); -wirth (Bnff. 1956 Banffshire Jnl. (31 Jan.); -warth (Abd. 1888 Bon-Accord (8 Dec.) 9); -art (Lnk. 1898 J. Coghill Poems 78; Wgt. 1912 A.O.W.B. Fables 15; Sc. 1935 W. Soutar Poems 38); hamewards, -warts (Dmf. 1898 J. Paton Castlebraes 31). Sc. forms of Eng. homeward(s).

I. adv. As in Eng. Also comb. hameart wyes (Mearns 1885 Mod. Sc. Poets (Edwards) VIII. 362).

II. adj. Sc. usage: belonging to or made at home, native, domestic, homely (Sc. 1825 Jam., hameward, -wart; Ayr.⁴ 1928). Cf. Hameart.Sc. 1777 Weekly Mag. (3 July) 21:
Our night's sow'ns, an' what we hae to spare: Some hameward kebbuck, an' a drink o' whey.Ayr. 1826 Galt Lairds xxii.:
Nane o' our hamewart gentry cou'd sit wi' sic an air o' composity in the middle o' a stramash like that.Fif. 1894 A. S. Robertson Provost 128:
It was hameward wisdom, . . . the wisdom that likes to brood owre a cog o' guid stiff parritch.Bnff. 1922 E. S. Rae Glen Sketches 7:
An' ma h'arkenin' ear is stoonin' For the hamewarth leal refrain