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noun

Ham n. Home. (North of Eng.)

Ham n.

(Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. "A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak hams."

Ham n.

A person who performs in a showy or exaggerated style; used especially of actors. Also used attributively, as, a ham actor.

The licensed operator of an amateur radio station.

verb

Ham v. i. (Theater) To act with exaggerated voice and gestures; to overact.

ham it up to act in a showy fashion or to act so as to attract attention; to ham. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Ham'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ham" Quotes from Famous Books

... spirit, whose fruit withers, who saith that Hebrew, Greek, and Latine is the original: before Babell was, the earth was of one language; and Nimrod the cunning hunter, before the Lord which came out of cursed Ham's stock, the original and builder of Babell, whom God confounded with many languages, and this they say is the original who erred from the spirit and command; and Pilate had his original Hebrew, Greek and ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 4 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... At Ham, in the Somme district, the Grand Duke of Hesse, the former Empress of Russia's brother, one morning entered the shop of an antiquarian and picked out a number of ancient bibelots and vases, ordering that they be sent to his quarters. The owner thought it would be wise to ...

— Fighting France • Stephane Lauzanne

... know you can't. But I walked beside her, opening the doors and watching that the things didn't slide about; that's how I always do. And then when the tray was safe on the bed, and I had arranged the 'courses,' first the roll and butter and ham and egg—I cracked the top of the egg and got it ready—and then the muffin and marmalade, my nice time began. I squatted at the foot of the bed, near enough to reach mums anything she wanted, and ...

— The Girls and I - A Veracious History • Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth

... of the King my Lord seven and seven (times) I bow. Behold what this our saying tells, as to the land Am (Ham) the fortresses of the King my Lord. A man named Eda ... has arisen, a chief of the land Cinza east of the land of the Hittites, to take the fortresses of the King my Lord ... and we made the fortresses for the King my Lord my ...

— Egyptian Literature

... milk to drink, and hot biscuits and cold ham for the grown-ups. Sunny Boy was not expected to eat those—not at night. There were baked apples, too, and honey and cookies. Sunny, seated before a bowl of bread and milk, held a cookie in his hand and wondered what was the matter with the hanging lamp ...

— Sunny Boy in the Country • Ramy Allison White

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