v. Sc. [Cf. WAMFLE v.] a. intr. To wave to and fro. b. trans. To wave or toss (one’s arms) about. c. intr. To make waving movements (with the arms).
a. 1818. Scott, Hrt. Midl., xlix. Put by the siller, and dinna keep the notes wampishing in your hand that gate.
b. 1816. Scott, Antiq., xxxix. 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. 1895. MacEwen, Life Cairns, 214. ‘Oor John,’ said his anxious mother, ‘wull aye be wampishin’ wi’ his airms.’
