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noun
A round about; a way around; detour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
An instance of going or passing around; a trip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
A circuit; circumference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
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History
From Middle English umgang, umbegang (“circumference, circuit”), from Old English ymbgang, ymbegang (“going about, going round, circuit, circumference, surrounding belt, a winding course, bend, a going about a business”), from Proto-West Germanic *umbigang, from Proto-Germanic *umbigangaz, equivalent to um- + gang. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uumgong, West Frisian omgong, Dutch omgang (“dealing, handling”), German Umgang (“dealings, handling”), Danish omgang (“game”). More at um-, gang.
