† heamn.
Obsolete or dialect.
The amnion of an animal (= caul n.1 5b); the secundine.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > sexual organs and reproduction > [noun] > afterbirth
cleansing1655
cleaning1661
heam1681
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > embryo or fetus > membranes, etc., of embryo or fetus > [noun] > membranes enclosing
houve1530
kell1530
cotyledon1540
chorion1545
coif1545
hoop-caul1545
shirt1545
caul1547
sillyhow1574
biggin1611
guard1611
allantoides1615
allantois1615
allantoid1633
amnios1657
amnion1667
heam1681
vitta1693
indusium1706
silly-hood1836
1681 E. Waller Advice to Painter (Brand) ii. 2 Then draw a Haw-thorn Bush, and let him place The Heam upon't.
1704 Dict. Rusticum Heam, in Beasts is the same thing as the After-birth in Women.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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