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Definition of Hawming
1. hawm [v] - See also: hawm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawming
Literary usage of Hawming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighbourhood of Sheffield by Sidney Oldall Addy (1888)
"Look at him how he's hawming ; he wants nowt to do to-day ! ' HAY-SILVER, sb.
a tithe charge of one shilling an acre upon mown land. A Derbyshire word. ..."
2. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association, Thomas Rowland Powel, Donald Moore (1885)
"... untidy (N.) Hassock, tuft of coarse grass growing on wet lands (N., L.)
Hamne, to lounge about (L.). Cf. hawming, forming inelegant attitudes (Line. ..."
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