Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ASCHAM
As "cham, n. Etym: [From Roger Ascham, who was a great lover of archery. ]
Defn: A sort of cupboard, or case, to contain bows and other implements of archery.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Ascham, Roger
As cham, Roger |ˈaskəm ˈæskəm | ( c. 1515 –68 ), English humanist scholar and writer. He was noted for his treatise on archery, Toxophilus (1545 ), and for The Scholemaster (1570 ), a practical and influential tract on education.
Oxford Dictionary
Ascham, Roger
Ascham, Roger |ˈaskəm | ( c. 1515 –68 ), English humanist scholar and writer, noted for his treatise on archery, Toxophilus (1545 ), and The Scholemaster (1570 ), a practical and influential tract on education.
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