cham — English Dictionary

Noun

1. An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

   Examples

   Sitting at a table, drinking Ale, observing the Mist thro’ the Window-Panes, Mason forty-five, the Cham sixty-four.

   The Tonsons […] would publish Johnson's Shakespeare only by subscription, obliging the Great Cham to sell copies well ahead of publication

Verb

1. To chew.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   But he that repenteth toward the law of God, and at the sight of the sacrament, or of the breaking, feeling, eating, chamming, or drinking, calleth to remembrance the death of Christ, his body breaking and blood shedding for our sins [...]

1. I am

   Usage

   • West-Country
   • contraction
   • Obsolete

   Synonyms

   I'm