eam, eame, eme, eem

[A. S. eam; Dut. oom; Ger. oheim.] [EME.] An uncle. (Obsolete except in a few provincial dialects.) "He com his eam to socour." -Robert de Brunne , p. 17. ean, *een, *eene, *yean, *yeen, v . t . & i. [A. S. eanian, eanigan.] [YEAN.] A. Trans.: To bring forth. B. In trans.: To bring forth young. ean'-ing, pr. par., a. & 8. [EAN.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act of bearing young. eaning-time, s. The time or season of bearing young. "He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes, Who, then conceiving, did in eaning -time Fall parti-colored lambs." Shakesp.: Merchant of Venice , i. 3.