Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ham"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Ham
warm, hot, and hence the south; also an Egyptian word meaning
"black", the youngest son of Noah (Gen. 5:32; comp. 9:22,24).
The curse pronounced by Noah against Ham, properly against
Canaan his fourth son, was accomplished when the Jews
subsequently exterminated the Canaanites.
One of the most important facts recorded in Gen. 10 is the
foundation of the earliest monarchy in Babylonia by Nimrod the
grandson of Ham (6, 8, 10). The primitive Babylonian empire was
thus Hamitic, and of a cognate race with the primitive
inhabitants of Arabia and of Ethiopia. (See {ACCAD}.)
The race of Ham were the most energetic of all the descendants
of Noah in the early times of the post-diluvian world.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ham \Ham\, n. [AS. ham; akin to D. ham, dial. G. hamme, OHG.
hamma. Perh. named from the bend at the ham, and akin to E.
chamber. Cf. {Gammon} ham.]
1. (Anat.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal
space; the hock.
2. The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog
cured by salting and smoking.
A plentiful lack of wit, together with most weak
ham. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ham \Ham\, n.
Home. [North of Eng.] --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ham
n 1: thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn: {jambon}, {gammon}]
2: an unskilled actor who overacts [syn: {ham actor}]
v : exaggerate one's acting [syn: {overact}, {overplay}] [ant: {underact}]
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