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wamfler Sc. ? Obs.|ˈwɒmflə(r)|
Also 6 wanfler, -ar.
[? f. prec. + -er1.]
? A beau, gallant.
15..R. Semple in Bannatyne MS. (Hunterian Club) 352 Catitois [= Cotytto's] clerkis quhois college ye frequentit, Quhen ye wor wanfleris of hir wantoun band. 1580Hay Demandes in Cath. Tract. (S.T.S.) 62 Quhether it becomes ecclesiasticall men..to have ane certain apparell quhairbe thai may be knawin be the laical people, or to be cled as wanflars. 1583Philotus xvi. (Bannatyne Club), With him mair treitment on ane day, And get mair making off ȝe may, Nor with ane Wamfler, suith to say, Quhen twentie ȝeiris ar spent. 1836J. Struthers Dychmont iv. 412 We joy to see Thee from such wicked wamflers free. |