Ham

ham, n. the hmd part or inner bend of the knee tint high of an animal, esp. of a hog sahed and dried (A S hamm Ger ham me, 0 Ger hannna from root ham or leant, bend, Celt, am, crooked, bent Hamadryad, ham'a-drT-ad, n {myth.) a dryad or wood-nymph, who lived and died along with the tra ui whuh she dwelt:—// Ham'a dryads and Hamadry'ades [-ezl [Gr. hamadryas —ham a togethtr, drys, a tree Hamitic, ham-it'ik, adj pertaining to Ham, a son 01 Noah, or to his descendants Hamlet, ham'lec. u a cluster of houses in the country, a small village [O. Fi. hamel (F hamenu and dun at fix -et—from the O. Ger. chaw, Ger /nun, AS ham, a dwelling, E. home conn, also with (dr home, a village See Homo.] Hammer, hnm'cr, n a tool for beating, or driving nails am thing like a hammer, as the part of a clock that qi ikes the bell the baton of an uuctioutcr. v.t to drive oi shape with a ham mei to contrive by intellectual labour. (A.S. /tamer, (hr. hammer Ice. hamarr.) Hammercloth. ham'ei-kloth, n. the cloth which (outs a coaeh-bo\. [An adaptation of Out. horn heav cn, a covering Ger. himvtel (Skeat).j Hammerman, ham'ei-man, n a man who hammers