wampishv.
Scottish.
a. intransitive. To wave to and fro.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > wave
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wampish1818
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian xii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 259 Put by the siller, and dinna keep the notes wampishing in your hand that gate.
b. transitive. To wave or toss (one's arms) about.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > wave, esp. the hand
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wampish1816
1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. x. 218 It's fearsome baith to see and hear her when she wampishes about her arms, and gets to her English, and speaks as if she were a prent book.
c. intransitive. To make waving movements (with the arms).
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > wave > make waving movements
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1895 A. R. MacEwen Life & Lett. J. Cairns 214 ‘Oor John’, said his anxious mother, ‘wull aye be wampishin' wi' his airms.’
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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