2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Maihem \Mai"hem\ (m[=a]"h[e^]m), n. See {Maim}, and {Mayhem}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Maim \Maim\, n. [Written in law language {maihem}, and {mayhem}.] [OF. mehaing. See {Maim}, v.] 1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary. [1913 Webster] 2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See {Mayhem}. [1913 Webster] Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history that the acts of Parliament should not be recited. --Hayward. [1913 Webster]
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