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HEAM, v. Dev. [ēm.] Also written aim nw.Dev.1 With up: to save, lay by. Dev. I've had five years of wool heamed up, Baring-Gould Spider (1887) II. xxviii. nw.Dev.1 ‘I've 'aim'd up thucker viel' vor ‘ay.’ ‘They zay he ‘th a-got dree or vower years’ shear o' wool ‘aim'd up in shippen tallat.’ [Prob. repr. an OE. *hǣman, to lay up at home, der. of

hām, home. Cf. hame, v.2]

HEAM, HEAMSIES, see Hame, sb.1

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Century Dictonary - Heam
Century Dictonary - Heam