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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Dwalm,) Dwam, v. [Also in later Sc. and n. Eng. dial.] intr. To faint or swoon. — 1576 Crim. Trials I. 54.
He said to me that hir seiknes was ane cauld blude, … that causit hir to dwam and vigous [sic] away
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