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haulm


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Haulm  \Haulm\,  n.  [OE.  halm,  AS  healm;  akin  to  D.,  G.,  Dan.,  & 
  Sw  halm,  Icel.  h[=a]lmr,  L.  calamus  reed,  cane,  stalk,  Gr 
  ?.  Cf  {Excel},  {Culminate},  {Culm},  {Shawm},  {Calamus}.] 
  The  denuded  stems  or  stalks  of  such  crops  as  buckwheat  and 
  the  cereal  grains,  beans,  etc.;  straw. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Haulm  \Haulm\,  n. 
  A  part  of  a  harness;  a  hame. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  haulm 
  n  :  stems  of  beans  and  peas  and  potatoes  and  grasses 
  collectively  as  used  for  thatching  and  bedding  [syn:  {halm}] 




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