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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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AUM, AWM, †ALM, n. Alum. [ɑ:m, ǫ:m]1. Sc. 1887 Jam.⁶:
Aum, awm. Alum.Ags. 1710 Burgh Laws Dundee ed. Warden (1872) 454:
The Trade . . . hath mead ean Act against the taking of any birsol [a dyc-stuff] and alm to put upon ther bonnets.Gall.(D) 1901 Trotter Gall. Gossip 308–309:
Of coorse we had tae buy the aum an the copperas.

2. Combs.: (1) Aum leather, awm — = aum'd leather. See Aum'd. (2) Awm-paper, “paper soaked in a solution of alum and water, and used as tinder” (Gregor D.Bnff. 1866). (3) Awm-skin, skin of animal dressed with alum (Ork.¹, Cai.³).