cleam
verbUK /kliːm/ · US /klim/
Etymology From Middle English clemen, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, anoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną (“to smear with clay, mortar”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick, glue”).
1
Dialectal To smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance.
2
Dialectal To cause to stick; to glue on.
3
Dialectal To stick, cling to, or adhere.