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whemmel
▪ I. whemmel, n. Sc. and dial. (ˈhwɛm(ə)l) Forms: see next. [f. next.] An overturn, upset, overthrow; a state of confusion.1818 Scott Rob Roy xxii, Nae doubt, nay doubt—ay, ay—it's an awfu' whummle—and for ane that held his head sae high too. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie civ, The chaise made a clean whaml...
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whelm
▪ I. whelm, n. (hwɛlm) Also 6 whealme, 6–7 whelme. [f. whelm v.] 1. A wooden drain-pipe: orig. a tree-trunk halved vertically, hollowed, and ‘whelmed down’ or turned with the concavity downwards to form an arched watercourse. Now dial.c 1576 in Catal. Archives All Souls' Coll. (1877) 37 Quidam trunc...
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walm
▪ I. † walm, n.1 Obs. Forms: α. 1 wælm, 2– walm, 6 (? qualme), wawlme, wawme, whalme, 6–7 walme, waulm(e, waume, 8 waum. β. 1 welm, (wi(e)lm, wylm), 4 welm(e. [OE. wælm (wielm, etc.; also in ǽ-wielm spring), str. masc. a gushing, swirling of (boiling) liquids; boiling; heat, etc. = mod. WFris. wâlm(...
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