The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hawm
Hawm \Hawm\ (h[add]m), n. See Haulm, straw.
Hawm
Hawm \Hawm\, v. i. [Etymol. uncertain.]
To lounge; to loiter. [Prov. Eng.]
--Tennyson.
Wiktionary
hawm
Etymology 1 vb. (context UK dialect English) To lounge; to loiter. Etymology 2
n. (alternative form of haulm nodot=yes English) (straw)