dial.; trans. and intr. [f. CAM a.] (See quots.)
c. 1746. J. Collier (Tim Bobbin), Tummus & M., Wks. (1862), 53. So ot ieh [so that they] camm’d little or none; boh agreed t’ pey aw meeon [to pay all between them].
1847–78. Halliwell, s.v., A person who treads down the shoe heel is said to cam. North.
1875. Lanc. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Colloq. use. He cams his shoon at th’ heel. Ibid., Cam, to cross or contradict; to oppose vexatiously; to quarrel. I’ll cam him, an’ get up his temper.
