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loamy, a.|ˈləʊmɪ|
[f. loam n. + -y1.]
†1. Formed of earth (see loam n. 1). Obs. rare—1.
c1230Hali Meid. 47 Alle þeo þat leauen luue of lami mon; for to beon his leofmon.
2. Of or pertaining to loam; consisting of, or resembling, loam.
1599Broughton's Let. vii. 24 With this Rabbinicall rubbish..haue you laboured a lomie and sandie building. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 495 He [Agricola] ascribeth to the beech-martin, a loamie or red throat. [A mistranslation of quod guttur eius lutei sit coloris, G. Agricola De Re Metall. (1561) 490.] 1626Bacon Sylva §665 Mellow Earth is the best..Especially if it be not Loamy and Binding. 1720De Foe Capt. Singleton vii. (1840) 118 We found the earth..of a yellowish loamy colour. 1784Cowper Task iv. 437 The farmer's hedge Plash'd neatly, and secured with driven stakes Deep in the loamy bank. 1876Page Adv. Text-Bk. Geol. xx. 432 Its dark loamy aspect renders it readily separable from the ‘subsoil’ of sand.
†b. Built with loam or plaster. Obs. rare—1.
1658J. Hewitt Last Serm. 195 The Peasant that from his loamy cottage is carried prisoner to a stately Castle..changes his golden liberty for iron shackles.
Hence ˈloamily adv., (nonce-wd.) in the manner of loamy soil; ˈloaminess.
1727Bailey vol. II, Loaminess, fulness of Loam, or loamy Nature. 1841J. Grey in Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. II. ii. 171 The greater friability and loaminess of the soil. 1869Blackmore Lorna D. vii, The bank is steep..overhanging loamily. |