Shaum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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