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Webster 1913 Edition
Loam
1.
A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
We wash a wall of
loam
; we labor in vain. Hooker.
2.
(Founding)
A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Loam mold
(Founding)
, a mold made with loam. See , 2.
– Loam
, Noun.
Loam molding
, the process or business of making loam molds.
Loam plate
, an iron plate upon which a section of a loam mold rests, or from which it is suspended.
– Loam work
, loam molding or loam molds.
Loam
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Loamed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Loaming
.] To cover, smear, or fill with loam.
Webster 1828 Edition
Loam
LOAM
,Noun.
A natural mixture of sand and clay with oxyd of iron; a species of earth or soil of different colors, whitish, brown or yellow, readily diffusible in water.
LOAM
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
loam
loam
English
Noun
loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)
- A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , 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?
- 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1
- (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Translations
type of soil
mixture for making moulds
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Verb
loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)
- To cover, smear, or fill with loam.