Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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HAMELAN(D), n. Sc. equivalents of Eng. homeland, the land where one's home is, one's native land, but also used attrib. = domestic, belonging to home (Lth. 1825 Jam., hamelan). See P.L.D. §32.1.m.Lth. 1786 G. Robertson Har'st Rig (1794) xviii.:
The hamelan' servants take the lead; The cottars next come on wi' speed.Rxb. 1916 Kelso Chron. (31 March) 4:
Springtime's dawnin' in the hameland, tho' the wind blaws cauld an' keen.Sc. 1922 P. Macgillivray Bog Myrtle 46:
There's no' an airt e'e can turn But hamelands meet yer vision.
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