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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Ambland, ppl. a. Also: ambuland, amlan(d), (h)ameland; aumbling, amling, ammelling. [ME. amblende (1393), ambling, pr. p. of amble Ambil v.] Of a horse, etc.: Ambling.(a) ?1438 Alex. ii. 6400.
Ane palfray wele ambland [F. palefroi … bien amblant]
1546 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XXII. 26 b.
Ane broun ambland haikney
1551 Treas. Acc. X. 41.
For ane ambland hors to my lord governour
1577 Edinb. Test. V. 281 b.
Ane broun ambuland naig
1596 Dalr. I. 12/27.
Galloway … is nobilitate … cheiflie in aumbling horse
1614 Crim. Trials III. 265.
Ane gray ambland meir
(b) 1567 Edinb. Test. I. 49.
Ane blak hameland hors … by [= besides] the airschipe hors
1591 Ib. XXII. 292 b.
Ane broun amland Naig
1594 Black Bk. Taymouth 299.
The lairdis gray amlan cursor
1603 Reg. Privy C. VI. 839.
A blak ammelling mare
1608 Crim. Trials III. 45.
He wes onlie ryding vpoun ane amling naig
1623 Pont Cunningham (1876) 387.
The broune ameland hors

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