‖n. [ D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L. hama a water bucket, Gr. &unr_; ] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36
n. A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column; -- an allusion to the miracle of Balaam's ass speaking. Numb. xxii. 30. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Balaam basket or box (Print.),
prop. n. (Geography) The administrative capital
n. (Zool.) The hartbeest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ D. praam; cf. G. prahm, F. prame; all of Slavonic origin, from a word akin to E. fare. See Fare. ] (Naut.) A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war.
‖n. Same as Salam. [ 1913 Webster ]
Finally, Josiah might have made his salaam to the exciseman just as he was folding up that letter. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make or perform a salam. [ 1913 Webster ]
I have salaamed and kowtowed to him. H. James. [ 1913 Webster ]