Ham
[hæm]
Definition
(noun.) meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked).
(noun.) an unskilled actor who overacts.
(noun.) a licensed amateur radio operator.
(noun.) (Old Testament) son of Noah.
Checked by Delores--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Home.
(n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
(n.) The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.
Edited by Blair
Definition
n. the back of the thigh: the thigh of an animal esp. of a hog salted and dried.
Typist: Marcus
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing hams, signifies you are in danger of being treacherously used. To cut large slices of ham, denotes that all opposition will be successfully met by you. To dress a ham, signifies you will be leniently treated by others. To dream of dealing in hams, prosperity will come to you. Also good health is foreboded. To eat ham, you will lose something of great value. To smell ham cooking, you will be benefited by the enterprises of others.
Typist: Nelly
Examples
- The four sat down, to breakfast, on the coffee, and some hot rolls and ham which the Dodger had brought home in the crown of his hat. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- In the first case, I advise you, as a friend, to have nothing to do with that cold ham at your elbow, and to wait till the omelette comes in. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I asked him what he thought Ham's state of mind was, in reference to the cause of their misfortunes? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I shall take a mere mouthful of ham and a glass of ale, he said, reassuringly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ham and eggs or eggs with cheese? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Martha Endell--side by side with whom, he would not have seen his dear niece, Ham had told me, for all the treasures wrecked in the sea. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Ham had been patching up a great pair of waterboots; and I, with little Em'ly by my side, had been reading to them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You will doubtless find that it will require salt; but you will readily infer that hams, tongues, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Hams and shoulders were always smoked at the end of about two months. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The guide insisted that a bare ten per cent of all the hams or bacon sides produced in the plant are finally allowed to bear the company’s trade-mark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As an adjunct in curing mild hams and bacon it would be of great use, for these, when cured lightly, would not go bad, as they often do in the summer time. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Some don't like so much sugar in their hams, said Mrs. Waule. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Montague