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I passed along a dead shrew mouse, as it seemed to me, among the halms; then a still toad.
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Connotation to grass halms and their abundant parallelism
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"Entering a boat on the river, where we cannot touch the bottom with the oar, we perceive a little white flower waving to and fro, supported by long spiral halms between straight, grass-like leaves.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator Various
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haulm
or halm
hawm
noun
1.
stems or stalks collectively, as of grain or of peas, beans, or hops, especially as used for litter or thatching.
2.
a single stem or stalk.
September 10, 2017