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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dammis, -is(c)h, v. Also: dammes, damish. [Of doubtful origin. Cf. Damnis.] tr. To render powerless; to stun or stupefy; to affect mentally. a1585 Polwart Flyt. 674 (T).
Thy widderit vane is dammischit, deid & dryit c1590 J. Stewart 39/328.
He dammest drouppit doune againe as deid Ib. 74/41.
So dammest vas scho vith the forsaid dart a 1598 Rollock Passion 38 (J).
As a man who falls downe from an high place, … is dammished with the fall 1628 Reg. Privy C. 2 Ser. II. 601.
The said Neil Og M^cNeill … strake and dammished him as he lay on the ground 1654 Brodie Diary 104.
The strange revolutions do so astonish, and amaze, and damish his mind a1721 Wodrow Hist. (1722) II. 25.
He was perfectly dammished with the stroke