Definition of Dwalm

1. dwam [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: dwam

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwalm

duxelles
duxes
duyker
duykerbok
duykerboks
duykers
duyoung
dvandva
dvandvas
dvergr
dvornik
dvorniks
dwaal
dwale
dwales
dwalm (current term)
dwalmed
dwalming
dwalms
dwam
dwammed
dwamming
dwams
dwang
dwangs
dwarf
dwarf-white trillium
dwarf Russian almond
dwarf astilbe
dwarf banana

Literary usage of Dwalm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of the Cleveland Dialect: Explanatory, Derivative, and Critical by John Christopher Atkinson (1868)
"£1«B/y-homed kye;" short or stumpy-homed cows.' Wb. Gl. dwalm, sb. ... He further gives dwalm, in exactly our sense, as occurring ' apud ..."

2. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"dwalm, a slight illness, a faint fit. ... dwalm-O.FF, to doze off to sleep, to go off into a faint. ..."

3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Compare dwalm and following words. TAAS, TAWSE, a broad leather strap, having one end slit into five " toes " or fingers ; used for smacking children. ..."

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