Obs. or dial. [ad. L. ulm-us elm. Cf. G. ulme, Du. olm.] An elm-tree. (Cf. ULM-TREE.)
The forms olm, holm, uim, are recorded as surviving in northern English and southern Scottish dialects in the latter part of the 19th cent.
1567. Drant, Horace, Epist., I. vii. D vj. Our cittizen is now a Corridon. He trimmes his ulmes.
1698. J. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 295. A Catalogue of Plants growing at Spahaun…. Sycamore. Ivy…. Poplar. Ulmes. Willows.
