Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Alme \Al"me\, Almeh \Al"meh\, n. [Ar. 'almah (fem.) learned, fr.
   'alama to know: cf. F. alm['e]e.]
   An Egyptian dancing girl; an Alma.

         The Almehs lift their arms in dance.     --Bayard
                                                  Taylor.