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ulme Obs. or dial. [ad. L. ulm-us elm. Cf. G. ulme, Du. olm.] An elm-tree. (Cf. ulm-tree.) The forms olm, holm, ulm, are recorded as surviving in northern English and southern Scottish dialects in the latter part of the 19th cent.
1567Drant Horace, Epist. i. vii. D vj, Our cittizen is now a Corridon. He trimmes his ulmes. 1698J. Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 295 A Catalogue of Plants growing at Spahaun... Sycamore. Ivy... Poplar. Ulmes. Willows. |