Hammit
Plentiful ; used of corn growing close, but short in the straw ; also applied to corn with many grains on one stalk, or of potatoes growing thickly on one stem.
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Plentiful ; used of corn growing close, but short in the straw ; also applied to corn with many grains on one stalk, or of potatoes growing thickly on one stem.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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