cloam

noun, adj, verb — 5 senses

cloam

noun

Etymology From Middle English *clom, from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym-, from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

1

Obsolete, Usually Clay.

2

Dialectal, Usually Earthenware.

Derived terms
cloamen, cloam oven

cloam

adj

Etymology From Middle English *clom, from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym-, from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

1

Dialectal Made of earthenware.

cloam

verb

Etymology From Middle English *clom, from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gleym-, from *gley- (“to stick, smear”). Related to cleam, claim, clem.

1

Obsolete To make cloam.

2

UK, Dialectal To gutter (as a candle).

Derived terms
cloamer

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