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▪ I. malmy, a.1|ˈmɑːmɪ|
Also 7–8 maumy, 8 mallany, 9 maulmy.
[f. malm n. + -y1.]
1. Of a loamy character.
1677Plot Oxfordsh. ix. 240 If the Land be of that sort they call Maumy, consisting of a mixture of White-clay and Chalk, and somwhat of Sand. 1744–50W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. I. i. ii. 36 The Chalk and Mould are so mixed together that in Hertfordshire we call it a Maumy Earth. 1858Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. XIX. ii. 279 Parts of Norfolk—particularly the white malmy soils—were unkind for turnips. 1880Encycl. Brit. XI. 430/2 The eastern portion [of Hampshire]..is a grey sandy loam provincially called ‘malmy’ land.
†2. Resembling a stratum or vein of malmstone.
1747Hooson Miner's Dict. M ij, Ore lying in it [mallan] is as Bullets and naked Lumps..and rare to be seen after the manner of a Rib; hence we say Mallany Gear, or Stuff, when the vein inclines to that kind.
▪ II. malmy, a.2 dial.|ˈmɑːmɪ, ˈmɔːmɪ|
Also maumy.
[f. malm a. + -y.]
Mellow; soft and insipid; † also fig.
1728Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 403 You'll probably think I am too soft and malmy now. 1825Jamieson, Maumie, mellow. 1829,1876[see malm a.]. |