Hame

HAME, sb.1 In gen. dial. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms aime Ken.1; ame e.Yks. Not. Suf. Ken.; eame War.2 s.War.1; eyam Not. s.Hmp.; haam n.Yks.2 w.Yks.1 n.Lin.1 s.Lin. Hmp. Som.; haayme Brks.1; haem Sc. (Jam.); haim Inv. Abd. Nhb.1 e.Yks.1; hairm n.Lin.1; ham Lan. Sus.1 Sus.2 w.Dev.; hamm n.Yks.; haum e.Lan.1 w.Wor.1; hawm Lan.1 Chs.1 Dev.; heam N.Cy.1 Cum. w.Yks. Der. Dor.; heeam n.Yks.4 e.Yks.1; heme Chs.1 Chs.3; hem Inv. Elg. N.I.1 Ken.1; hemm Ant.; heyam Dur.1 Not. Hmp.; heyem Nhb.1; hiam Wm.; home Chs.1 War. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Hrf.2; holme w.Wor.1; hyem Nhb.1; yam n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1; pl. aimses Dev.; hameses Hrf. Glo.1 Glo.2 w.Som.1 Dev.; hamses nw.Dev.1; heamsies Som. [h)ēm, h)iəm, īm.] 1. pl. The two curved pieces of wood or metal resting on the collar of a draught-horse, to which the traces are attached. Cf. bargham. Sc. A pair of hames and brechom fine, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 175, ed. 1871. Inv. (H.E.F.) Elg. The hems were taen aff, an' the halter made fest, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (June 25, 1898). Abd. Gin ye slack the haims... the beasts 'll be throu' wi' their feed, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 195. N.I.1, Wxf.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 The two pieces of crooked wood or bent iron hinged at the bottom and held together with a strap atop. They are passed round the collar of a horse, and are furnished with an eye in each side to which are attached the chains to draw the load. Dur.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Wm. (B.K.) Cum. Rigreape, braugham, pair o' heams, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 201. n.Yks. Neither traces, hames, nor baurghwans to finnd, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) l. 93; n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.2 Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) e.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3, Der.2, nw.Der.1, Not. (L.C.M.), (J.H.B.), Not.1 Not.2 Not.3, n.Lin.1 s.Lin. What a unheppen looby to put that hoss's haäms on i' that how (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1, Rut.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1 War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897); War.2, s.War.1, w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.), se.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf.1 Hrf.2, Glo. (J.S.F.S.), Glo.1 Glo.2, Oxf.1, Brks.1, Bdf. (J.W.B.), w.Mid. (W.P.M.) Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 170. Suf. (F.H.), Ken. (H.M.), Ken.1, Hmp.1, I.W.1, Wil.1 Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. A horse-collar and a pair o' hamses, Raymond Sam and Sabina (1894) 107; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 In the dial. there is no sing. To denote one of the separate parts, it is necessary to say, ‘one o' the zides o' th' hameses,’ or ‘one o' th' hameses’ [ae·umzez]. Dev. The hames is very loose, Reports Provinc. (1884) 19; Where's ta put tha aimses tü? Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 46. nw.Dev.1 Hence (1) Hame and chain-maker, phr. a maker of harness; (2) Hamed, ppl. adj. yoked. (1) Lan.1 Common in Manchester. (2) Glo. The horse being harnassed or hamed, Marshall Review (1818) II. 439. 2. Comb. (1) Hame-blade, the half of a horse-collar; (2) Hame-houghed, having houghs shaped like a ‘hame’; (3) Hame-rough, (4) Hame-stick, one of a pair of ‘hames’; (5) Hame-stick ring, a ring attached to the ‘hame,’ through which the rein passes; (6) Hame-stick strap, the strap which fastens the ‘hame’; (7) Hame-tree, (8) Hame-ward, see (4); (9) Hame-wood, the ‘hames.’ (1) Lth. (Jam.) (2) Sc. A term applied to a horse when it is straiter above than below the hough; from the resemblance of its hind legs to a pair of hames (JAM.); She was lang-toothed an' blench-lippit, Haem-houghed an' haggis-fittit, Edb. Monthly Mag. (June 1817) 238 (Jam.). (3) Chs. (K.) (4) Nhb.1 (5, 6) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (7, 8) w.Dev. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). (9) Ken.1, Sus.1 Sus.2 3. A horse-collar; a circle of straw rope often used to fasten the head of a sheep to its fore-leg to prevent its straying. Cor.1 Cor.2 [1. LG. ham, ein Joch, Kummet, der Pferde (Berghaus); MDu. hame, a leather or wooden yoke for horses (Verdam).]

HAME, sb.1 In gen. dial. use in Sc. Irel. and Eng. Also in forms aime Ken.1; ame e.Yks. Not. Suf. Ken.; eame War.2 s.War.1; eyam Not. s.Hmp.; haam n.Yks.2 w.Yks.1 n.Lin.1 s.Lin. Hmp. Som.; haayme Brks.1; haem Sc. (Jam.); haim Inv. Abd. Nhb.1 e.Yks.1; hairm n.Lin.1; ham Lan. Sus.1 Sus.2 w.Dev.; hamm n.Yks.; haum e.Lan.1 w.Wor.1; hawm Lan.1 Chs.1 Dev.; heam N.Cy.1 Cum. w.Yks. Der. Dor.; heeam n.Yks.4 e.Yks.1; heme Chs.1 Chs.3; hem Inv. Elg. N.I.1 Ken.1; hemm Ant.; heyam Dur.1 Not. Hmp.; heyem Nhb.1; hiam Wm.; home Chs.1 War. se.Wor.1 Shr.1 Hrf.2; holme w.Wor.1; hyem Nhb.1; yam n.Yks.2 e.Yks.1; pl. aimses Dev.; hameses Hrf. Glo.1 Glo.2 w.Som.1 Dev.; hamses nw.Dev.1; heamsies Som. [h)ēm, h)iəm, īm.] 1. pl. The two curved pieces of wood or metal resting on the collar of a draught-horse, to which the traces are attached. Cf. bargham. Sc. A pair of hames and brechom fine, Ramsay Tea-Table Misc. (1724) I. 175, ed. 1871. Inv. (H.E.F.) Elg. The hems were taen aff, an' the halter made fest, Abd. Wkly. Free Press (June 25, 1898). Abd. Gin ye slack the haims... the beasts 'll be throu' wi' their feed, Alexander Ain Flk. (1882) 195. N.I.1, Wxf.1, N.Cy.1 Nhb.1 The two pieces of crooked wood or bent iron hinged at the bottom and held together with a strap atop. They are passed round the collar of a horse, and are furnished with an eye in each side to which are attached the chains to draw the load. Dur.1, s.Dur. (J.E.D.), Wm. (B.K.) Cum. Rigreape, braugham, pair o' heams, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 201. n.Yks. Neither traces, hames, nor baurghwans to finnd, Meriton Praise Ale (1684) l. 93; n.Yks.1 n.Yks.2 n.Yks.4, ne.Yks.1, e.Yks.1 w.Yks. Hutton Tour to Caves (1781); w.Yks.2 Lan. Grose (1790) MS. add. (C.) e.Lan.1, Chs.1 Chs.2 Chs.3, Der.2, nw.Der.1, Not. (L.C.M.), (J.H.B.), Not.1 Not.2 Not.3, n.Lin.1 s.Lin. What a unheppen looby to put that hoss's haäms on i' that how (T.H.R.). sw.Lin.1, Rut.1, Lei.1, Nhp.1 War. Leamington Courier (Mar. 6, 1897); War.2, s.War.1, w.Wor.1, s.Wor. (H.K.), se.Wor.1, Shr.1, Hrf.1 Hrf.2, Glo. (J.S.F.S.), Glo.1 Glo.2, Oxf.1, Brks.1, Bdf. (J.W.B.), w.Mid. (W.P.M.) Nrf. Arch. (1879) VIII. 170. Suf. (F.H.), Ken. (H.M.), Ken.1, Hmp.1, I.W.1, Wil.1 Dor. Barnes Gl. (1863). Som. A horse-collar and a pair o' hamses, Raymond Sam and Sabina (1894) 107; W. & J. Gl. (1873). w.Som.1 In the dial. there is no sing. To denote one of the separate parts, it is necessary to say, ‘one o' the zides o' th' hameses,’ or ‘one o' th' hameses’ [ae·umzez]. Dev. The hames is very loose, Reports Provinc. (1884) 19; Where's ta put tha aimses tü? Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 46. nw.Dev.1 Hence (1) Hame and chain-maker, phr. a maker of harness; (2) Hamed, ppl. adj. yoked. (1) Lan.1 Common in Manchester. (2) Glo. The horse being harnassed or hamed, Marshall Review (1818) II. 439. 2. Comb. (1) Hame-blade, the half of a horse-collar; (2) Hame-houghed, having houghs shaped like a ‘hame’; (3) Hame-rough, (4) Hame-stick, one of a pair of ‘hames’; (5) Hame-stick ring, a ring attached to the ‘hame,’ through which the rein passes; (6) Hame-stick strap, the strap which fastens the ‘hame’; (7) Hame-tree, (8) Hame-ward, see (4); (9) Hame-wood, the ‘hames.’ (1) Lth. (Jam.) (2) Sc. A term applied to a horse when it is straiter above than below the hough; from the resemblance of its hind legs to a pair of hames (JAM.); She was lang-toothed an' blench-lippit, Haem-houghed an' haggis-fittit, Edb. Monthly Mag. (June 1817) 238 (Jam.). (3) Chs. (K.) (4) Nhb.1 (5, 6) Nhb. (R.O.H.) (7, 8) w.Dev. Marshall Rur. Econ. (1796). (9) Ken.1, Sus.1 Sus.2 3. A horse-collar; a circle of straw rope often used to fasten the head of a sheep to its fore-leg to prevent its straying. Cor.1 Cor.2 [1. LG. ham, ein Joch, Kummet, der Pferde (Berghaus); MDu. hame, a leather or wooden yoke for horses (Verdam).]

HAME, sb.2 and v.1 Lin. Suf. Also written haim se.Lin. [ēm.] 1. sb. Steam from boiling water; warm vapour as from heated horses, slaked lime, &c. Lin.1 This hame has scauded me. e.Lin. Used also of the damp and moist feeling of an empty house opened out again (G.G.W.). se.Lin. In gen. use near the sea-coast. ‘The wesh'us is white with haim out o' the boiler.’ ‘Ho'd yer he'd in the haim from a baäson o' hot waäter’ (T.H.R.). Suf. The hame is coming out of the kettle (F.H.). 2. v. To steam. Suf. If your throat is sore, you can't do better than hame it. The kettle begins to hame (F.H.). [1., 2. Norw. dial. eim, steam, eimbaat, a steamboat; eima, to steam (Aasen); ON. eimr, reek, vapour (Vigfusson).]

HAME, v.2 Som. [ēm.] To have sexual intercourse. W. & J. Gl. (1873). [OE. hǣman, ‘concumbere, coire, nubere’ (B.T.).]

HAME, see Ham, sb.1, Haulm, Home.

HAME, sb. Sus. Also in form ame. A wasp's nest. (R.H.C.) See also Hime,, sb.2

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