lyam
Etymology
See leam.
noun
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(obsolete) A leash. Bob Munchy, as a forlorn hope, once threw his clodding leister at a drowning man, floating down the Yarrow in a high flood, and hauled him out with the lyams unharmed. 13 June 1896, “Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing”, in The Fishing Gazette, page 459
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