| Definition: | | \Aam\ ([add]m or [aum]m), n. [D. aam, fr. LL. ama; cf. L.
hama a water bucket, Gr. ?]
A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different
cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp
361/2, at Hamburg 383/4. [Written also {Aum} and {Awm}.]
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