Cloam

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clay. obsolete, uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    Earthenware. dialectal, uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    To make cloam. obsolete, transitive
  2. 2
    To gutter (as a candle). UK, dialectal, intransitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of earthenware. dialectal

Synonyms

All synonyms
gutter

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.

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