GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Nam (näm). [Contr. fr. ne am.] Am not. [Obs.]
   
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   Nam, obs. imp. of Nim.  Chaucer.
   
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   Nim (nĭm), v. t. [imp. Nam (näm) or Nimmed (nĭmd); p. p. Nomen (nōmen) or Nome (nōm).] [AS. niman.  √7.  Cf. Nimble.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
   
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   This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer.
   
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