Dictionary entry

Holm (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Holm (?), n. [AS. holm, usually meaning, sea, water; akin to Icel. hōlmr, holmr, an island, Dan. holm, Sw. holme, G. holm, and prob. to E. hill. Cf. Hill.]

1. An islet in a river. J. Brand.

2. Low, flat land. Wordsworth.

The soft wind blowing over meadowy holms. Tennyson.

Holm thrush(Zoöl.), the missel thrush.