Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The stem or stalk of grain of any kind, and of peas, beans, hops, etc.
- noun Straw; the dry stalks of corn, etc., in general.
- noun In England, especially, a kind of grass, Ammophila arundinacea or Psamma arenaria. Also called maram, matweed, and stare. See
Ammophila .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) Same as
haulm .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Alternative spelling of
haulm .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun stems of beans and peas and potatoes and grasses collectively as used for thatching and bedding
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Examples
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Ai think EBREEwun heer wud want to halm yoo – but waht do yoo need to know?
wich parts iz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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He distributes a multitude of straws, which he inserts to stick out in different places, so that the halm may remind him of what his memory cannot retain.
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If there is an insufficiency of dung, you can add a foot of dry rubbish, such as strawberry or asparagus halm, or any other loose stuff.
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Let it be about three feet nine inches at the back by three feet six inches in the front; should there, however, happen to be a scarcity of dung, a foot of strawberry or asparagus halm, fagots, or pieces of wood, or, indeed, some of each, may be added at the bottom of the bed.
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It will now be necessary to wrap up the bed with straw, pea-halm, or hay, about eighteen inches wide at the bottom, drawing it in gradually to a foot wide, within three inches of the top of the box.
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Faith! she sat as straught as a rash, wi 'jist a hing i' the heid o 'her, like the heid o' a halm o 'wild aits.'
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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Mitt på golvet -- med halm var det strött -- brann lågan beständigt 40 glatt på sin murade häll, och igenom det luftiga rökfång blickade stjärnorna in, de himmelska vänner, i salen.
Fritiofs Saga Esaias Tegn��r 1814
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Thus, in meditations more moral than amusing, Orlando passed two or three tedious hours, sheltered by pease halm and straw, which he gathered around him, and leaning against the boards of the barn, that he might not fail to hear when the ambassadress entered the outhouse adjoining to it.
The Old Manor House 1793
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He distributes a multitude of straws, which he inserts to stick out in different places, so that the halm may remind him of what his memory cannot retain.
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He distributes a multitude of straws, which he inserts to stick out in different places, so that the halm may remind him of what his memory cannot retain.
The Love of Books The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury Richard de Bury 1316
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