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单词 cloam
释义

cloam

English

Alternative forms

  • clome, clomb

Etymology

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

Noun

cloam (usually uncountable, plural cloams)

  1. (obsolete) Clay.
  2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Earthenware.

Derived terms

  • cloamen

Adjective

cloam (comparative more cloam, superlative most cloam)

  1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Of earthenware.

Verb

cloam (third-person singular simple present cloams, present participle cloaming, simple past and past participle cloamed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To make cloam.
  2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To gutter (as a candle).

Derived terms

  • cloamer

Anagrams

  • Colma, comal
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