单词 | cloam |
释义 | cloamn. Obsolete exc. south-western dialect. a. In O.E. Mud, clay. Hence, in modern dialect use: Earthenware, clay. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > [noun] tilea1325 potc1384 tilestonec1425 cloam1659 earthenware1670 pig1808 c1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 84 Wyrc swa [the ingredients] to clame. c1000 Ælfric Exodus i. 14 Mid heardum weorcum clames and tigelan. 1659 C. Clobery Divine Glimpses 95 Season thy new-made clome with sipid liquor. 1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 13 Slat the Podgers, slat the Crock, slat tha Keeve and tha Jibb, bost the Cloam. a1819 J. Wolcot Poems in Wks. 159 Now, zester Nan, by this yow zee..What's cheny thoft is clome. 1865 R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. Eng. 1st Ser. 96 A set of cheene [china] and lots of beautiful clome. 1881 R. D. Blackmore Christowell (1882) iv He spied..certain letters, invisible until the cloam was wetted. b. attributive or adj. ΚΠ 1750 R. Pococke Trav. (Cornw.) (1888) 135 Cloume ovens..are earthen ware of several sizes, like an oven, and being heated they stop 'em up and cover 'em over with embers to keep in the heat. 1826 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1652 Earthenware shops..are called..clome or clomen shops..in Devon. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe I. i. 5 That should depend on the pitcher, whether it were iron or clomb. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † cloamv. Obsolete. transitive. To daub or plaster with clay. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > surfacing or cladding > clad or cover [verb (transitive)] > plaster > with specific material daub1382 cloamc1460 rowcast1500 clay?1523 dab1577 roughcast1584 cloom1609 chunam1687 sparkle1805 harl1806 slub1823 c1460 Play Sacram. 708 Wt Clay I clome yt vppe ryght fast. 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 81 You must cloame the heads of the wounded branches. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1000v.c1460 |
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