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cloam en · 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.

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Made of earthenware.

Forms

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clomb alternative lexicographic
more cloam Degree=Cmp lexicographic
clome alternative lexicographic
most cloam Degree=Sup lexicographic

cloam en · 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.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Clay.
  2. (dialectal, uncountable, usually) Earthenware.

Forms

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clome alternative lexicographic
clomb alternative lexicographic
cloams Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cloam oven · cloamen

cloam en · 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.

Meanings

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

Forms

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clomb alternative lexicographic
clome alternative lexicographic
cloamed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cloamed Tense=Past lexicographic
cloams Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cloaming Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

cloamer