Nĭm, v. t.

v. t. [A-S. niman, nioman, neoman, O. Sax. & Goth. niman, O. Fries. nima, nema, Icel. nema, O. H. Ger. neman, M. H. Ger. & D. nemen, N. H. Ger. nehmen, allied to Russ. imati, with apheresis of n, Lith. imti, Gr. νέμειν, Skr. nam.] To take; to steal; to filch. [Obs.]

Every one who had nimmed a church-bell did not ring it out for all to hear the sound thereof. Fuller.