Cloam vs Loam - What's the difference?
cloam | loam |
A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
* 1602 : , act V scene 1
(metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
As nouns the difference between cloam and loam
is that cloam is (obsolete) clay while loam is a type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.As verbs the difference between cloam and loam
is that cloam is (obsolete) to make cloam while loam is to cover, smear, or fill with loam.As an adjective cloam
is of earthenware.loam
English
(wikipedia loam)Noun
- Alexander died, Alexander was buried, Alexander
- returneth to dust, the dust is earth, of earth we make
- loam', and of why that ' loam whereto he was converted
- might they not stop a beer-barrel?
