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Meaning of WEM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Wem\, n. [Cf. {Womb}.]
    The abdomen; the uterus; the womb. [Obs.]
    
  2. \Wem\, n. [AS. wam, wamm.]
    Spot; blemish; harm; hurt. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
          Withouten wem of you, through foul and fair. --Chaucer.
    
  3. \Wem\, v. t. [AS. wemman.]
    To stain; to blemish; to harm; to corrupt. [Obs.]
    
  4. \Wem\, n. [AS. wenn; akin to D. wen, LG. wenne.] (Med.)
    An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a
    sebaceous cyst.
    
 
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