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Definition: shaum
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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