wampish

t. [Etym. doubtful.] To to about in a frantic, threatening manner; to wave violently; to flourish, to brandish. ( Scotch.) "It's fearsome baith to see and hear her when she wam pishes about her arms."- Scott : Antiquary , ch. xxxix. wăm-pum, s . [From American-Indian wampum , wompam , from Ma achusetts wómpi ; Delaware wap i =white.] Small beads made of shells, used by the American Indians as money; or wrought into belts, ., as an ornament. "Clad from head to foot in wampum." Long fellow: Hiawatha, ix.