a. [f. LAME a. + -ISH.] Somewhat lame.
1592. Nashe, P. Penilesse, Wks. (Grosart), II. 68. I could no refraine but bequeath it to the Priuie, leafe by leafe as I read it, it was so vgly, dorbellicall, and lamish.
1689. Lond. Gaz., No. 2448/4. One Grey Gelding about 14 hands and a halfe high, goes lamish behind. Ibid. (1711), No. 4895/4. Trots lamish with his off Leg behind.
1881. Carlyle, in Remin., I. 164. Something lamish about one of the knees or ankles.
1887. Jessopp, Arcady, ii. 41. He was lamish and walked with a stick.
