† vampey, vampy, n. Obs.
Also 5 vampei, va(w)mpay, wampay.
[ad. AF. *vampé: see vamp n.1]
= vamp n.1 1.
| c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 601 Pedana, a vampey. Ibid. 664 Hec pedana, wampay. c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 894 [Give him] his vampeys and sokkes, þan all day he may go warme. 1485 Rutland Papers (Camden) 8 A pair of hosyn of crymesyn sarcenet vampeis. 1530 Palsgr. 284/1 Vampey of a hose, auant pied. 1592 Greene Upst. Courtier Wks. (Grosart) XI. 263 Beside, you will ioin a neates leather vampy to a calues leather heele: is not heere good stuffe maister shoomaker? 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. ii. 242/2 Of the old rotten leather they make vampies for high shooes for honest country plowmen, or belts for soldiers. |
Hence
† vampey,
vampy v. trans., to put a vamp on, to patch. Also
vampeying vbl. n. Obs.| 1416 Maldon Court-Rolls (Bundle 10, No. 6), Propter vampeyeng et solynge de vn payre de botys. c 1425 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 601 Pedano, to vampeye. 1459 Paston Lett. I. 487 Item, j. payre of blake vampayed withe lether. 1464 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 255 The same day mastyr payd to hys cordwaner..for vawmpayinge of his botys, viii d. 1611 Beaum. & Fl. Knt. Burning Pestle v, [Her] Master wrought with Lingell and with All, And under⁓ground he vampied many a Boot. |
| fig. 1650 B. Discollimin. 19 One of my Men being well vampied in his Crowne with Ale,..rides into one of my Marishes. |