n. See Aam. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Haulm, straw. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To lounge; to loiter. [ Prov. Eng. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A legislator; a lawgiver. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Enacting laws; legislative. --
n. A trader in law; one who practices law as if it were a trade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Contr. fr. Mahomet. ] A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally but falsely believed that the Muslims worshiped images representing
n. The religion of
a. [ Prov. E. maum soft, mellow, rotten; cf. OD. molm rotten wood, G. mulm. ] Nauseous. [ Obs. ] L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mill for sawing, especially one for sawing timber or lumber. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form.
Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawal. W. Belsham. [ 1913 Webster ]