The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maihem \Mai"hem\ (m[=a]"h[e^]m), n.
   See Maim, and Mayhem.
   [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Maim \Maim\, n. [Written in law language maihem, and
   mayhem.] [OF. mehaing. See Maim, v.]
   1. The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body,
      by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to
      annoy his adversary.
      [1913 Webster]
   2. The privation of any necessary part; a crippling;
      mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential.
      See Mayhem.
      [1913 Webster]
            Surely there is more cause to fear lest the want
            there of be a maim than the use of it a blemish.
                                                  --Hooker.
      [1913 Webster]
            A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history
            that the acts of Parliament should not be recited.
                                                  --Hayward.
      [1913 Webster]