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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maihem \mai"hem\ m=a"he^m, n.
see maim, and mayhem.
1913 webster
see also:
maim mayhem
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
maim \maim\, n. written in law language maihem, and
mayhem. of. mehaing. see maim, v.
1. the privation of the use of a limb or member of the body,
by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to
annoy his adversary.
1913 webster
2. the privation of any necessary part; a crippling;
mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential.
see mayhem.
1913 webster
surely there is more cause to fear lest the want
there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
--hooker.
1913 webster
a noble author esteems it to be a maim in history
that the acts of parliament should not be recited.
--hayward.
1913 webster
see also:
maihem mayhem maim mayhem
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