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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1892
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WHALM, v. Sc. form and usage of Eng. whelm, to engulf, overwhelm (e.Lth. 1903 J. Lumsden Toorle 303): used absol. in quot., to come in crowds, to swarm, to teem. Nonce.e.Lth. 1892 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 37:
Trains and crowds cam' in there; And whalm'd an' whirl'd, and brawl'd an' birl'd.
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