| 释义 |
yamph, v. Sc. and north. dial.|jamf|
Also yamf.
[Echoic.]
intr. To bark, as a dog, esp. a small dog; to yelp. Hence ˈyamphing ppl. a.
1718Ramsay Christ's Kirk Gr. iii. xix, The hale town tykes yamph loud. 1728― Hackney Scribblers xii, Nae mastive minds a yamphing cur. 1818W. Muir Poems 33 Has wylie Reynard come thy way, Or peace-disturbing yamphing Tray. 1844M. A. Richardson Local Hist. Table-bk., Legend. II. 136 The yamphin thing [sc. a dog] dee't the neist day.
Hence yamph n., a bark, a yelp.
1832–53Whistle-Binkie (Scotch Songs) Ser. iii. 69 She kend wha it was by the yamph o' his tyke. |