▪ I. hawm, v. dial.
(hɔːm)
[Etymol. unknown.]
intr. To move about awkwardly; to lounge.
| 1847–78 Halliwell, Haum, to lounge about. Leic. Ibid., Hawming, awkwardness. Linc. 1877 N.W. Linc. Gloss., Hawm, to move about awkwardly. 1880 Tennyson Northern Cobbler iv, Guzzlin' an' soäkin' an' smoäkin' an' hawmin' about i' the laänes. |
▪ II. hawm(e
obs. forms. of haulm.