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Hammel (Scotch)

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A cattle-shed, a hovel. (Hame = home, with a diminutive affix. Anglo-Saxon, hām, home. Compare hamlet.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Halter
Halter, or rather Halster
Haltios
Ham and Heyd
Hamadryads
Hameh
Hamet
Hamilton
Hamiltonian System
Hamlet
Hammel (Scotch)
Hammer
Hammer
Hammer of the Scotch
Hammercloth
Hampton Court Conference
Hamshackle
Hamstring
Han
Hanap
Hanaper