Obs. or dial. Also CHAME. [a phonetic variant of CHAWN sb.] = CHAWN.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, II. lxxxvi. Chawmes [ed. 1634 chawnes] and gaping gulfes.

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1825.  Britton, Beauties of Wilts. Gloss. (E. D. S.), Chawm, a chasm, a crack in the ground.

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1882.  W. Worcestersh. Wds. (E. D. S.), Chaum, a crack in a floor or wall.

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1884.  Upton-on-Severn Wds. (E. D. S.), Chawm, a crevice, an earth-crack.

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