thairm
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English tharm, therm, from Old English þearm. More at English tharm.
Noun edit
thairm (plural thairms)
- (literary) A gut or bowel in the human or animal intestine.
- 1787, Robert Burns, To a Haggis:
- Aboon them a' ye tak your place, Painch, tripe, or thairm.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Intestine used for haggis or musical instrument strings; catgut.