wame

[ weym ]

noun

1. Scot. and North England. belly.

wame

/ weɪm /

noun

1. dialect.
   the belly, abdomen, or womb

Word History and Origins

Origin of wame¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of wame¹

C14: northern variant of womb

Example Sentences

I ne'er lo'ed water in my shoon, and my wame's made o' better leather.

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The wame-ill was the prevalent type of sickness in the great Scots famine of 1439, a year of famine in England and France.

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Here's health to the sick, stilts to the lame; claise to the back, and brose to the wame.

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Stand back there, fat loon, gin ye wantna a quarrel shot intil that swagging tallow-bag ye ca' your wame!

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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.

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