HAWM

Etymology 1

Verb

hawm (third-person singular simple present hawms, present participle hawming, simple past and past participle hawmed)

(UK, dialect) To lounge; to loiter.

Etymology 2

Noun

hawm (plural hawms)

Alternative form of haulm (straw)

Anagrams

• mwah, wham

Source: Wiktionary


Hawm, n.

Definition: See Haulm, straw.

Hawm, v. i. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Definition: To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.] Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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