dwam
dwaum (dwɔːm)
/ (dwɑːm) Scot /
noun
a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam)
verb
(intr) to faint or fall ill
Origin of dwam
1Old English dwolma confusion
Words Nearby dwam
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How to use dwam in a sentence
But she was soon roused from that fraudulent dwam by my grandfather, who, seizing a flagon of wine, dashed it upon her face.
Ringan Gilhaize | John GaltThen suddenly there came upon me a dwam and a turning in my head, so that I cried to them to run on and leave me to the pursuers.
The Men of the Moss-Hags | S. R. Crockett
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