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Quotation dates: 1866-1924
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AMP, n. Fear; restlessness, anxiety; esp. a restless state of mind which prevents one from sleeping; a presentiment, anxious anticipation.Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.:
Amp, fear.Sh.(D) 1899 J. Spence Sh. Folk-Lore 239:
I lays me doon brawly shön, sae as ta get a bluint o' sleep, bit dey wir a kind o' amp apo' me a' nicht.Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928):
He drew a amp upon him, he has a presentiment of ill.Sh.(D) 1924 T. Manson Humours Peat Comm. III. 311:
Dere's shu, noo, at wis in a amp an a aet ta get hom, restless, restless, you know, awey fae da owld place.
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