See Also: walm(dictionary)

walm (iou)



walm noun & verb. Long obsolete exc. dial.

A. noun.
a. Surging (of waves). Only in OE.
b. A wave, a billow. Chiefly poet. ME-L16.
A gush of water; (the water of) a spring, fountain, etc. OE-LME.
The bubbling and heaving of boiling water etc.; an instance of this. Cf. WAMBLE noun 2. OE.
b. verb intrans.
a. Of water: well up or up, gush forth or forth. ME-L17.
b. Of smoke, vapour, etc.: swirl, billow. rare. E17-E20.
Seethe or bubble as in boiling; boil. Cf. WAMBLE verb 4. E17.