arram

"By the howky," said the Irishman, "it shall blade," passing the lancet a few times over a rough whetstone, and then along the toe of his own shoe -- "It is sharp enough now," he added -- "Come, stratch oot yere arram, man, and hould this stick as if it were in a vice."

Eoneguski, or, the Cherokee Chief: A Tale of Past Wars. Vol. I. 1839