2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking. A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak ham. Shak.
HAMADRYAD
Ham"a*dry`ad, n.; pl. E. Hamadryads, L. Hamadryades. Etym: [L.
Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Defn: A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large venomous East Indian snake (Orhiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras.
HAMADRYAS
Ha*ma"dry*as, n. Etym: [L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).
HAMAL
Ha*mal", n. [Written also hammal, hummaul, hamaul, khamal, etc.]
[Turk. & Ar. hammal, fr. Ar. hamala to carry.]
Defn: In Turkey and other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.