Maihem

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}.
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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.
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     2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling;
        mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential.
        See {Mayhem}.
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              Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want
              there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
                                                    --Hooker.
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              A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history
              that the acts of Parliament should not be recited.
                                                    --Hayward.
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