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† isthm(e Obs.
Also isthim.
[a. F. isthme (Rabelais, 16th c.), ad. L. isthmus.]
= isthmus.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xxiii. vi. 228 A necke or Isthm of land. 1610― Camden's Brit. ii. 110 Which, by a very narrow Isthim or necke of land groweth to the rest of the Iland. 1612Brerewood Lang. & Relig. xiii. 127 That isthme between the Euxine and the Caspian seas. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. viii. 319 Some Isthmes have been eat through by the Sea, and others cut by the spade. |