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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ham1 / ham/ • n. 1. meat from the upper part of a pig's leg salted and dried or smoked: thin slices of ham | a honey-baked ham. 2. (hams) the backs of the thighs or the thighs and buttocks: he squatted down on his hams. ham2 • n. 1. an excessively theatrical actor: nobody gets to emote more than a ham on the witness stand. ∎  excessively theatrical acting. 2. inf. an amateur radio operator. • v. (hammed , ham·ming ) [intr.] inf. overact: he was hamming it up, doing all the voices and the effects.

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Ham

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | | Copyright

Ham, term of derision applied to the old-fashioned rant and fustian which is supposed to have characterized 19th-century acting, particularly in melodrama. The derivation of the word is uncertain. It was current in America from the 1880s, and seems to have found its way to England after the First World War. In essence, ‘ham’ acting is devoid of inner truth or feeling, covering its deficiencies with a veneer of over-worked technical tricks, bombast, showy but meaningless gestures, and bad diction.
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A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

ham The whole hind leg of the pig, removed from the carcass and cured; Hams cured or smoked in different ways have different flavours; some have protected geographical designation and sometimes the process is secret. A 100‐g portion is a rich source of protein, niacin, and vitamin B1; a good source of copper; a source of vitamin B2, iron, zinc, and selenium; contains 5 g of fat, of which 40% is saturated; supplies 120 kcal (500 kJ). See also bacon; gammon.
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Ham

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Ham in the Bible, son of Noah. In biblical ethnography, Ham is the father of the nations Cush, Mizraim, Phut, and Canaan. In a story separate from the flood narrative, the legend related in the Book of Genesis and in the Qur'an suggests that Canaan was a son of Noah. The "Land of Ham" is a designation for Egypt in the Psalms. The Hamitic languages were named after this son of Noah.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

ham hollow or bend of the knee OE.; thigh of a hog used for food XVII. OE. ham, hom = MLG. hamme, OHG. hamma (G. dial. hamm), rel. to synon. MLG. hame, OHG. hama, ON. hǫm, f. Gmc. *þam- be crooked.
Hence hamstring one of the tendons at the back of the knee. XVI; hence as vb. disable (as if) by cutting these XVII.
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Ham

Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology | 2001 | Copyright

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According to Norwegian legend, Ham was a storm fiend in the shape of an eagle with black wings, sent by Helgi to engulf Frithjof as he sailed for the island of Yarl Angantyr. The story is told in the Saga of Grettir.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

ham1 an excessively theatrical actor. The term (originally US, from the late 19th century) may be from the first syllable of amateur (compare with the US slang term hamfatter ‘inexpert performer’).
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Ham

A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | Copyright

Ham One of the sons of Noah (Gen. 5: 32) and held to be the ancestor of the nations of N. Africa (e.g. Egypt, Ps. 78: 51).
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Ham

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

Ham / ham/ (in the Bible) a son of Noah (Gen. 10:1), traditional ancestor of the Hamites.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

ham2 ham-and-egger in the US, informal term for an ordinary, average man.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

ham •am, Amsterdam, Assam, Bram, cam, cham, cheongsam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, exam, femme, flam, gam, glam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, mam, mesdames, Omar Khayyám, Pam, pram, pro-am, ram, Sam, scam, scram, sham, Siam, slam, Spam, swam, tam, tram, Vietnam, wham, yam •in memoriam • ad nauseam •iamb, Priam •grandam • Edam • goddam •quondam • Potsdam • cofferdam •Rotterdam • Oxfam • Birmingham •Abraham • logjam • CAD-CAM •minicam • Nicam •Eelam, Elam •flimflam • oriflamme • Suriname •ad personam • diazepam • tangram •ashram • telegram • milligram •epigram • centigram • dithyramb •program, programme •cardiogram • radiogram • echogram •mammogram •aerogramme (US aerogram) •microgram • dirham •electrocardiogram • ideogram •heliogram • diaphragm • diagram •parallelogram • kilogram • hologram •encephalogram • anagram •monogram • sonogram • kissogram •pentagram • cryptogram • photogram •tam-tam • wigwam • whim-wham

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