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ogham

og·ham [ óggəm ] (plural og·hams) or og·am [ óggəm ] (plural og·ams)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. ancient Celtic writing system: an ancient British and Irish Celtic alphabet consisting of twenty characters formed by inscribing lines on either side of or across a long vertical baseline

2. Celtic letter: a character used in the ogham alphabet

3. Celtic inscription: an inscription written in ogham, or something bearing such an inscription

[Early 18th century. Via modern Irish< Old Irish ogam, after Ogma, the Celtic god who supposedly invented it]
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