Nim (n&ibreve_;m), v. t. [imp. Nam (näm) or Nimmed (n&ibreve_;md); p. p. Nomen (nōm&eitalic_;n) or Nome (nōm).] [AS. niman. √7. Cf. Nimble.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]
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This canon it in his hand nam. Chaucer.
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