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Definition of Hawms
1. hawm [v] - See also: hawm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawms
Literary usage of Hawms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"See hawms. COLLIER. It slipt o'er his sow, an leet like a ... hawms (Ormskirk), sb.
pi. the names ; the part of the collar by which horses draw. ..."
2. A Glossary of the Lancashire Dialect by John Howard Nodal, George Milner (1875)
"hawms (Ormskirk), sb. pi. the hames; the part of the collar by which horses draw.
Pronun. of " hame." " Hame and chain maker" common in Manchester. ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. by John Gibson Lockhart (1848)
"... Sonny hawms of Yarrow. ' But Minstrel Burn cannot assuage His grief while life
endureth, To see the changes of this age Which fleeting time procureth; ..."
4. Anecdotes of the English Language: Chiefly Regarding the Local Dialect of by Samuel Pegge, Francis Grose (1814)
"Chesh. Haver-cake, oat-cake. York. Haviours, manners. Do you think I have forgot
my haviours ? Hawns, or hawms, horse-collars. North. ..."
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