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| og·ham [ óggəm ] (plural og·hams) or og·am [ óggəm ] (plural og·ams) |
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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
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2. Celtic letter: a character used in the ogham alphabet
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3. Celtic inscription: an inscription written in ogham, or something bearing such an inscription
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| [Early 18th century. Via modern Irish< Old Irish ogam, after Ogma, the Celtic god who supposedly invented it] |
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