scaumn.

Brit.

/skɔːm/, U.S.

/skɔm/,

/skɑm/, Scottish English

/skɔm/

Forms: Also scam, scame, skaum.

Etymology: Belongs to scaum v.

Scottish and dialect.

1. A burn or scorch; ‘the act of singeing clothes by putting them too near the fire, or by means of a hot iron’ (Jamieson); also, a mark of burning.

ΚΠ

1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 132 (Jam.) But ay whan Satan blaws the coal, I find it's best the scaum to thole.

1874 G. MacDonald Malcolm II. xix. 260 To hide a scaum she had taen for a' her pride.

2. A thin haze or mist; a light, misty vapour.

ΚΠ

1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 421 There is red scaum, white scaum, and many others. By the colour or hue of the scaum do Watherwiseakers guess about coming weather.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Scaum o' the sky, ‘the thin vapour of the atmosphere;’ Gall.

1877 J. Veitch Hist. Sc. Border xii. 426 A wide-spreading web of greyish cloud, the skaum of the sky.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

scaumv.

Brit.

/skɔːm/, U.S.

/skɔm/,

/skɑm/, Scottish English

/skɔm/

Forms: Also scam(e, skaum.

Etymology: Of obscure origin.

Scottish and dialect.

1. transitive. To burn slightly, scorch, char. Also, ‘to bespatter’ (Brockett N.C. Gloss., ed. 2, 1829).

ΚΠ

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 386 Ane fyrie cross of tymber, quhairof everie point of the cross wes scamit and brynt with fyre.

1808 Jamieson App. To Scam, to scorch.

1825 Jamieson App. To Scaum, Scame, v.a. to burn slightly; to singe.

1841 W. Aitken Poet. Wks. 53 Some had their claes tied in a clout To keep them frae be'n scaumed.

1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 4/2 Then comes a bitter March wind, with snow and sleet, which ‘scam’ the soft plants, and leave them withered as if they had been touched by fire.

2. ‘To envelope in a mist or haze, to shade’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.).

ΚΠ

1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew lxxx. 10 The heights they were scaumed wi' her shadow.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scaum
释义	scaumn. Brit. /skɔːm/, U.S. /skɔm/, /skɑm/, Scottish English /skɔm/ Forms: Also scam, scame, skaum. Etymology: Belongs to scaum v. Scottish and dialect. 1. A burn or scorch; ‘the act of singeing clothes by putting them too near the fire, or by means of a hot iron’ (Jamieson); also, a mark of burning. ΚΠ 1813 E. Picken Misc. Poems I. 132 (Jam.) But ay whan Satan blaws the coal, I find it's best the scaum to thole. 1874 G. MacDonald Malcolm II. xix. 260 To hide a scaum she had taen for a' her pride. 2. A thin haze or mist; a light, misty vapour. ΚΠ 1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 421 There is red scaum, white scaum, and many others. By the colour or hue of the scaum do Watherwiseakers guess about coming weather. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Scaum o' the sky, ‘the thin vapour of the atmosphere;’ Gall. 1877 J. Veitch Hist. Sc. Border xii. 426 A wide-spreading web of greyish cloud, the skaum of the sky. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). scaumv. Brit. /skɔːm/, U.S. /skɔm/, /skɑm/, Scottish English /skɔm/ Forms: Also scam(e, skaum. Etymology: Of obscure origin. Scottish and dialect. 1. transitive. To burn slightly, scorch, char. Also, ‘to bespatter’ (Brockett N.C. Gloss., ed. 2, 1829). ΚΠ c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 386 Ane fyrie cross of tymber, quhairof everie point of the cross wes scamit and brynt with fyre. 1808 Jamieson App. To Scam, to scorch. 1825 Jamieson App. To Scaum, Scame, v.a. to burn slightly; to singe. 1841 W. Aitken Poet. Wks. 53 Some had their claes tied in a clout To keep them frae be'n scaumed. 1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 July 4/2 Then comes a bitter March wind, with snow and sleet, which ‘scam’ the soft plants, and leave them withered as if they had been touched by fire. 2. ‘To envelope in a mist or haze, to shade’ ( Eng. Dial. Dict.). ΚΠ 1871 P. H. Waddell Psalms frae Hebrew lxxx. 10 The heights they were scaumed wi' her shadow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1813v.c1650
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