wamefuln.
/ˈweɪmfᵿl/, U.S. /ˈweɪmfəl/, Scottish English /ˈwemfəl/ Scottish.
= bellyful n.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > enough to satisfy want or desire
fillc893
fulla1225
fillinga1400
sufficiencec1450
bellyful1535
stakinga1595
wameful1722
skinful1897
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid viii. Prol. 138 Sum wald haue welth at thair will, and sum thare wame fow.]
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 28 To drink his Wamefu' of the Sea.
1786 R. Burns Poems 186 This may do..wi' them wha Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. x. 235 A wame-fou' is a wame-fou',..whether it be of the barley-meal or the bran.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xviii. 176 He..had gotten his wamefu' o' guid whey-whullions.
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n.1722- to make market
- to make martyrdom
- to make martyre
- to make mastery
- to make mate
- to make matrimony
- to make matters worse
- to make mayhem
- to make meagre
- to make mean
- to make meaning
- to make meaning of
- to make meaning on
- to make means
- to make meat
- to make meat of
- to make medicine
- to make melody
- to make memory of
- to hold in awe
- to hold in chertee
- to hold in contempt
- to hold in contempt of court
- to hold in demesne
- to hold in esteem, contempt, memory, etc