sumpter pony (sumpterpo"ni)

A pony used as a pack-horse. IMG:content-2464.jpg:[blocks in formation] sumph (sumf), n. [Cf. D. suf, dull, doting, suffen, dote; Sw. sofva = Dan. sove, be sleepy, sleep (see sweven ).] A dunce; a blockhead; a soft, dull fellow. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] A Sumph ... is a chiel to whom Natur has denied ony considerable share o' under staun in', without hae'n chose to mak him altogether an indisputable idiot. Hogg , in Noctes Ambrosianæ, Nov., 1831. sumphish (sum'fish), a. [ sumph + -ish1.] Like a sumph; characteristic of a sumph; stupid. Ramsay. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.]