† tramortn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A putrefying carcass; a corpse.
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lichc893
dust?a1000
holdc1000
bonesOE
stiff onea1200
bodyc1225
carrion?c1225
licham?c1225
worms' food or ware?c1225
corsec1250
ashc1275
corpsec1315
carcass1340
murraina1382
relicsa1398
ghostc1400
wormes warec1400
corpusc1440
scadc1440
reliefc1449
martc1480
cadaverc1500
mortc1500
tramort?a1513
hearse1530
bulk1575
offal1581
trunk1594
cadaverie1600
relicts1607
remains1610
mummya1616
relic1636
cold meat1788
mortality1827
death bone1834
deader1853
stiff1859
a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 205 Thow Laʒarus, thow laithly lene tramort.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Mony stynkand fowll tramort.
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 120 Ane vgsum, vglye tramort.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) III. 117 Bayth pynd and puir like ony peild tramort.
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