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▪ I. cloam, n. Obs. exc. s.w. dial.|kləʊm|
Forms: 1 clám, [5 clome, 7 cloame, in the verb], 8 cloume, 7–9 clome, 9 (clomb), cloam; see also cloom.
[OE. clám mud, clay, corresp. to MDu. cleem clay, potter's clay:—WGer. *klaim, a derivative, with -m suffix, of klī̆- to daub, smear (root of clay); cf. ON. kleima, OHG. chleimen, MDu. clêmen to daub, besmear.]
In O.E. Mud, clay. Hence, in mod. dial. use: Earthenware, clay.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 84 Wyrc swa [the ingredients] to clame. c1000ælfric Exod. i. 14 Mid heardum weorcum clames and tiᵹelan. 1659C. Clobery Div. Glimpses 95 Season thy new-made clome with sipid liquor. 1746Exmoor Scolding (E.D.S.) 52. a 1819 Wolcott (P. Pindar) Poems Wks. 159 (D.) Now, zester Nan, by this yow zee..What's cheny thoft is clome. 1865R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. Ser. i. 96 A set of cheene [china] and lots of beautiful clome. 1881Blackmore Christowell iv, He spied..certain letters, invisible until the cloam was wetted.
b. attrib. or adj.
1750R. Pococke Trav. (Cornw.) (1888) 135 Cloume ovens..are earthen ware of several sizes, like an oven, and being heated they stop 'em up and cover 'em over with embers to keep in the heat. 1827Hone Every-day Bk. II. 1652 Earthenware shops..are called..clome or clomen shops..in Devon. 1861H. Kingsley Ravenshoe i. (D.), That should depend on the pitcher, whether it were iron or clomb.
▪ II. † cloam, v. Obs.
In 5 clome, 7 cloame.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To daub or plaster with clay.
c1460Play Sacram. 708 Wt Clay I clome yt vppe ryght fast. 1658Evelyn Fr. Gard. (1675) 81 You must cloame the heads of the wounded branches. |