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Webster 1913 Edition


Leam

Leam

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
I.
See
Leme
.
[Obs.]
Holland.

Leam

,
Noun.
[See
Leamer
,
Lien
.]
A cord or strap for leading a dog.
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


leam

leam

English

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Verb

leam (third-person singular simple present leams, present participle leaming, simple past and past participle leamed)

  1. (intransitive, Britain, dialectal) To gleam; shine; glow.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English leme, from Old English lēoma (ray of light, beam, radiance, gleam, glare, lightning), from Proto-Germanic *leuhmô (light, shine), from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- (light, bright). Cognate with Icelandic ljómi (gleam, ray, beam, flash of light), Latin lumen (light).

Noun

leam (plural leams)

  1. (Britain, dialectal) A gleam or flash of light; a glow or glowing.

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Etymology 3

See leamer, lien.

Noun

leam (plural leams)

  1. A cord or strap for leading a dog.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Pronoun

leam

  1. with me, by me
    Is toil leam Glaschu. ― I like Glasgow. (literally Is pleasure with me Glasgow.)

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