shaum

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shaum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Shawm \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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