An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

Weam-ill, s. The belly-ache.
Montgomerie.

Wamyt, Grete Wamyt, Grete Wame.
1. Big-bellied.
Douglas.
2. Pregnant.
Wyntown.

To WAMBLE, v. n. To move in an undulating manner, S.
Cleland.

Isl. vambl-a, aegre protrahere se humi ventre.

WAMBRASSEIRIS, s. Armour for the forepart of the arm.
Acts Ja. I.

Fr. avant, before, and brassart, a vambrace.

To WAMFLE, v. n. To move like a tatterdemallion, whose rags are flapping, Fife.

Germ. waffel-n, motitari, with m inserted.

WAMFLER, WANFLER, s. A rake, a wencher.
Philotus.

WAMYT, adj.
V. under [Wambe].