Sc. [? An onomatopœic formation suggested by LIMP v. Cf. LAMPER v.] intr. ‘To go quickly by taking long steps’ (Jam.).
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Misc. Poems, xli. 39. The stoned steed stampis Throu curage and crampis, Syn on the land lampis.
1819. W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 3. Lampin’ alang in joyous glee Frae jaw to jaw athort the sea.
1820. Scott, Monastery, xxxiii. It was all her father’s own fault, that let her run lamping about the country, riding on bare-backed nags.
1884. T. Speedy, Sport, xvi. 278. Those who … shoot down the hares as they come unsuspectingly ‘lamping’ forward.
