v. Sc. and north. dial. Also yamf. [Echoic.] intr. To bark, as a dog, esp. a small dog; to yelp. Hence Yamphing ppl. a.
1718. Ramsay, Christ’s Kirk Gr., III. xix. The hale town tykes yamph loud. Ibid. (1728), Hackney Scribblers, xii. Nae mastive minds a yamphing cur.
1818. W. Muir, Poems, 33. Has wylie Reynard come thy way, Or peace-disturbing yamphing Tray.
1844. M. A. Richardson, Local Hist. Table-bk., Legend., II. 136. The yamphin thing [sc. a dog] dee’t the neist day.
Hence Yamph sb., a bark, a yelp.
1832–53. Whistle-Binkie (Scotch Songs), Ser. III. 69. She kend wha it was by the yamph o’ his tyke.
