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Lam vs Loam - What's the difference?

lam | loam |

Loam is a descendant of lam.



As nouns the difference between lam and loam

is that lam is used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding 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 lam and loam

is that lam is to beat or thrash while loam is to cover, smear, or fill with loam.

lam

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lemja.

Noun

(-)
  • Used in the expression on the lam to mean that a person is fleeing law enforcement, possibly in hiding.

    • Verb

  • To beat or thrash

    • Derived terms

    * lambaste

    Etymology 2

    (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, .

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    loam

    English

    (wikipedia loam)

    Noun

  • 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
    • 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?
  • (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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