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Elm vs Yelm - What's the difference?

elm | yelm |

As nouns the difference between elm and yelm

is that elm is a tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers while yelm is a bundle of straw used for thatch.

As a verb yelm is

to prepare straw for use as thatch.

elm

English

(wikipedia elm)

Noun

  • (lb) A tree of the genus Ulmus of the family Ulmaceae, large deciduous trees with alternate stipulate leaves and small apetalous flowers.
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  • *:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm', with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall ' elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
  • Wood from an elm tree.
  • Derived terms

    * * * Dutch elm disease * * * * * Siberian elm *

    See also

    * keyaki, kiaki * zelkova

    Anagrams

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    yelm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a bundle of straw used for thatch
  • *1952 : The thatcher then laid the 'yelms', or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to prepare straw for use as thatch
  • *1952 : The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming', consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.
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