wame

[ weym ]

/ weɪm /

noun

Scot. and North England. belly.

Origin of wame

1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) wayme, variant of womb

Words nearby wame

waltz Matilda, Walvis Bay, WAM, wambenger, wamble, wame, wammul, wammus, Wampanoag, wampish, wampum

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Example sentences from the Web for wame

They're like the grices, if ye kittle their wame they fa' on their backs.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather.
The Proverbs of Scotland|Alexander Hislop
In a' my expairience, and that's no sma', I never kent pair o' shune gang ohn a pair o' feet i' the wame o' them.'
Robert Falconer|George MacDonald
Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye've cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors.
David Balfour, Second Part|Robert Louis Stevenson

Here's health to the sick, stilts to the lame; claise to the back, and brose to the wame.
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character|Edward Bannerman Ramsay

British Dictionary definitions for wame

wame

/ (weɪm) /

noun

Scot and Northern English dialect the belly, abdomen, or womb

Word Origin for wame

C14: northern variant of womb

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单词	wame
释义	wame [ weym ] / weɪm / noun Scot. and North England. belly. Origin of wame 1325–75; Middle English (north and Scots ) wayme, variant of womb Words nearby wame waltz Matilda, Walvis Bay, WAM, wambenger, wamble, wame, wammul, wammus, Wampanoag, wampish, wampum Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wame They're like the grices, if ye kittle their wame they fa' on their backs. The Proverbs of Scotland\|Alexander Hislop I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather. The Proverbs of Scotland\|Alexander Hislop In a' my expairience, and that's no sma', I never kent pair o' shune gang ohn a pair o' feet i' the wame o' them.' Robert Falconer\|George MacDonald Ye lie on your wame a bittie in the bield of this wood, and ye tell me that ye've cuist off these Frasers and Macgregors. David Balfour, Second Part\|Robert Louis Stevenson Here's health to the sick, stilts to the lame; claise to the back, and brose to the wame. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character\|Edward Bannerman Ramsay British Dictionary definitions for wame wame / (weɪm) / noun Scot and Northern English dialect the belly, abdomen, or womb Word Origin for wame C14: northern variant of womb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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