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Webster 1913 Edition


Ham

Ham

(häm)
,
Noun.
Home.
[North of Eng.]
Chaucer.

Ham

(hăm)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ham
; akin to D.
ham
, dial. G.
hamme
, OHG.
hamma
. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E.
chamber
. Cf.
Gammon
ham.]
1.
(Anat.)
The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2.
The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak
hams
.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Ham

HAM

, Sax.ham, a house, is our modern word home, G.heim. It is used in hamlet, and in the names of places, as in Walt-ham, wood-house, walt, a wood, and ham, a house, [not Wal-tham, as it is often pronounced,] Bucking-ham, Notting-ham, Wrent-ham, Dur-ham, &c.

HAM

,
Noun.
The inner or hind part of the knee; the inner angle of the joint which unites the thigh and the leg of an animal. Hence,
1.
The thigh of a beast, particularly of a hog, whether salted and cured or not. But the word is more generally understood to mean the thigh of a hog salted and dried in smoke.

Definition 2024


Häm

Häm

See also: ham, haem, Ham, häm, hæm-, and haem-

German

Noun

Häm n (genitive Häms, plural Häme)

  1. (biochemistry) haem / heme

Declension

häm

häm

See also: ham, haem, Häm, hæm-, and haem-

Volapük

Noun

häm (plural häms)

  1. smoked meat from the leg of a pig; ham

Declension