malmy

adj

malmy

adj

Etymology From malm + -y.

1

Resembling or characteristic of malm.

  • It becomes what is here called a clay soil; in other counties, a malmy one.1809, Arthur Young, View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire, page 9:
  • The tough malmy clay at the bottom of the hill comes very nearly down to the right side of the road here; […]1836, Gilbert White, The Natural History of Selborne, with Its Antiquities, page xii:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.