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lyam, lyme Obs. exc. Hist. and dial.|ˈlaɪəm, laɪm|
Forms: 4–6 lyame, 5 lyeme, ? 5, 7 lym, 6 lyalme, lyemme, 6–7 lyome, lime, 6–9 leam, liam, 7 leame, leon, 7, 9 lyme, 5– lyam.
[a. OF. liem (mod.F. lien) = Pr. liam-s, Cat. lligam, Pg. ligame, It. legame:—L. ligāmen, f. ligāre to tie, bind. Cf. lien.]
1. A leash for hounds.
c1400Parlt. Thre Ages (text A) 38 My lyame than full lightly lete I doun falle. Ibid. 61, I hyede to my hounde and hent hym vp sone And louset my lyame and let hym vmbycaste. 1481–90Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 287 My Lord paied to Mason for lyemes for his howndes..xxd. 1501Douglas Pal. Hon. i. 297 Of goldin cord wer lyamis, and the stringis Festinnit coniunct in massie goldin ringis. 1528MS. List of Jewelry (P.R.O.), ij doggs collers of scoolewerk with lyalmes sylk and gold. 1541Knaresboro' Wills (Surtees) I. 81 note, One cople of houndes and ther lyomes. 1570J. Caius De Canibus Brit. 11 b, Nam Lyemme nostra lingua Lorum significat. c1600Distracted Emp. v. iv. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 255 Enter Eudon & Busse, leading in twoe lymes Byrtha & a Spaniell. 1611Cotgr., Traict,..a lime, or line wherin a Bloud-hound is led. 1612Webster White Devil B iij, Let her not go to Church, but like a hounde In Leon at your heeles. 1686R. Blome Gentl. Recr. ii. 82 A Hound will draw better when he is held short, than if he were let at the length of the Liam. 1829Scott Wav. 2nd App. to Gen. Pref. iv, A large blood⁓hound tied in a leam or band. 1876Whitby Gloss., Leam, a leash or thong. 1897Madden Diary W. Silence 23 The huntsman then held him [the bloodhound] short, pulling in the liam. 1898Pall Mall Mag. Oct. 164 The second illustration shows the huntsmen with their hounds on the lyam seeking for deer.
b. Her. The representation of a lyam or leash.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 43 A Lyon Couchante, & three Lyams in chefe d'argent. 1634[see lyam-hound c].
c. Comb.: lyam-dog = lyam-hound.
1805Scott Last Minstr. vi. vii, Stout Conrade, cold..Was by a woodman's lyme-dog found.
2. Short for lyam-hound.
1486Bk. St. Albans F vj b, A Sute of a lyam. 1605Shakes. Lear iii. vi. 72 Mastiffe, Grey-hound, Mongrill, Grim, Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Lym [1st Fo. Hym]. |