HAM, a Saxon word used for "a place of dwelling;" a village or town: hence the termination of some of our towns, Nottingham, Buckingham, &c. Also a home close, or little narrow meadow, is called a ham.
HAM is also part of the leg of an animal; being the inner or hind part of the knee, or the ply or angle in which the leg and thigh, when bent, incline to each other.