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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


hám

hám

See also: ham, Ham, HAM, hâm, hầm, and hạm

Hungarian

Noun

hám (plural hámok)

  1. harness
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative hám hámok
accusative hámot hámokat
dative hámnak hámoknak
instrumental hámmal hámokkal
causal-final hámért hámokért
translative hámmá hámokká
terminative hámig hámokig
essive-formal hámként hámokként
essive-modal
inessive hámban hámokban
superessive hámon hámokon
adessive hámnál hámoknál
illative hámba hámokba
sublative hámra hámokra
allative hámhoz hámokhoz
elative hámból hámokból
delative hámról hámokról
ablative hámtól hámoktól
Possessive forms of hám
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. hámom hámjaim
2nd person sing. hámod hámjaid
3rd person sing. hámja hámjai
1st person plural hámunk hámjaink
2nd person plural hámotok hámjaitok
3rd person plural hámjuk hámjaik

See also

Etymology 2

Back-formation from hámoz or hámlik.

Noun

hám (plural hámok)

  1. (anatomy) epithelium
Declension
  • Same as above.
Derived terms