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Webster 1913 Edition


Loam

Loam

(lōm)
,
Noun.
[AS.
lām
; akin to D.
leem
, G.
lehm
, and E.
lime
. See 4th
Lime
.]
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
Loam
,
Noun.
, 2.
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.
[L. limus.]
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.
To cover with loam.

Definition 2024


loam

loam

English

Three layers of subsurface loam; surface layer is dark brown fine sandy loam, subsurface layer is pale brown fine sandy loam, subsoil is red clay loam and sandy clay loam.

Noun

loam (countable and uncountable, plural loams)

  1. 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?
  2. (metalworking) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making moulds for large castings, often without a pattern.

Translations

Verb

loam (third-person singular simple present loams, present participle loaming, simple past and past participle loamed)

  1. To cover, smear, or fill with loam.

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