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   Shalm (sha̤m), n. See Shawm. [Obs.]  Knolles.
   
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   Shawm (?), n. [OE. shalmie, OF. chalemie; cf. F. chalumeau shawm, chaume haulm, stalk; all fr. L. calamus a reed, reed pipe. See Haulm, and cf. Calumet.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of music, formerly in use, supposed to have resembled either the clarinet or the hautboy in form. [Written also shalm, shaum.]  Otway.
   
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   Even from the shrillest shaum unto the cornamute. Drayton.
   
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