Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A swoon; a sudden fit of sickness.
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Examples
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As I was thus musing, the bright red sun of summer sank down behind the top of the Pentland Hills, and all looked bluish, dowie, and dreary, as if the heart of the world had been seized with a sudden dwalm, and the face of nature had at once withered from blooming youth into the hoariness of old age.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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As I was thus musing, the bright red sun of summer sank down behind the top of the Pentland Hills, and all looked bluish, dowie, and dreary, as if the heart of the world had been seized with a sudden dwalm, and the face of nature had at once withered from blooming youth into the hoariness of old age.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
mollusque commented on the word dwalm
Chiefly Scottish: n., a fainting spell, reverie or daydream; v., to faint, become dazed.
December 3, 2007
qms commented on the word dwalm
When restive Scots want to be calm
They imbibe an indigenous balm
Which, after brief riot,
Induces deep quiet -
The famed Caledonian dwalm.
February 15, 2015