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wem

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[wem] / wɛm /

noun

  • wems
    plural
  1. Archaic. stain or defect; blemish.


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His second, cleanly but cautiously hit, wem only 18 yd. farther.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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