drammock Sc.
(ˈdraməːk)
Also 6 drummake, 8 dramock, -uck, 8– drummock, 9 drammach.
[Cf. Gael. dramag ‘foul mixture’.]
‘Meal and water mixed in a raw state’ (Jam.).
| 1563 Ressoning betuix Crosraguell & J. Knox Prol. ij b, Watter & meal made i maner of a drammock. 16.. F. Sempill Blythsum Bridal in Harp of Renfrewsh. (1819) Pref. 63 There will be..Powsowdie and drammock and crowdie. 1786 Burns Scotch Bard vii, Scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock. 1816 Scott Old Mort. xvi, The lifeless, saltless, foisonless, lukewarm drammock of the fourteen false prelates. 1886 Stevenson Kidnapped xxii, We..made ourselves a dish of drammach. |