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shawm |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shawm \Shawm\, 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 [Written also {shalm}, {shaum}.] --Otway. Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. --Drayton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shawm n : a medieval form of the oboe
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