wem
Americannoun
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wems
plural
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His second, cleanly but cautiously hit, wem only 18 yd. farther.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Also maidenhood of body without wem is common to them all, and so is birth also.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
Be of good cheer, you will come off without either scar or scratch, wem or wound.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
The lyon fell deed on the grounde Rycharde felt no wem ne wounde.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2 by Various
While he was in the house, Anna Vassilyevna did not see Elena, and had to be content with Zoya, who waited on her very devotedly, but kept thinking to herself: 'Diesen Insarof vorziehen—und wem?'
From On the Eve by Constance Garnett
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