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Quotation dates: 1894-1896
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WAUMISH, adj. Faint and sickish, squeamish, out of sorts, dizzy (Ags. 1891 Arbroath Guide (24 Oct.) 4; Uls. 1953 Traynor, Ags., Fif. 1973). [′wɑ:mɪʃ]Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 101:
I began to be akinda waumish. The haivers o' the twa spooney craturs juist garred me feel like's I'd taen a fizzy drink or something.Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin 83:
Eh sirs! I was in an unco waumish state.
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