▪ I. sharm
obs. form of charm n.2
| 1674 Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 64 An harshness in these things not being so harmless as the cutting of Cork, whereby, though you saw and wring the ears with the sharm, yet still 'tis but a light business you have to deal with. |
▪ II. sharm, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 9 shalm, shawm.
[Cf. charm v.2]
intr. = chirm. Hence ˈsharming vbl. n.
| c 1485 Digby Myst., Killing of Child. 142 Though thei sharme and crye, I care not a myght. 1823 Moor Suffolk Words 339 What a sharmin them there children dew keep. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia II. 295 Shalm, Sharm, Shawm, to scream shrilly and vociferously. |