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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†JAMPH, v.² Also jaumph.

1. To tire, fatigue, exhaust by toil (Slk. 1825 Jam.).Ayr. 1825 Jam.:
Very frequently used to denote the fatigue caused by continued motion of a shaking kind, as that of riding, especially if the horse be hard in the seat. One is thus said to be jampht with riding.

2. To destroy by jogging or friction, chafe (Sc. Ib.); to drive into difficulties. Hence jamphit, straitened, pinched (Lnk. Ib.).

3. intr. To travel with extreme difficulty, to struggle through mire (Cld., Ayr. Ib.).Rnf. 1788 E. Picken Poems 159:
High rais't wi' houp, baith late an' air, I've jaumph't to houble at 'er.