Definition of "cloam"

cloam

  • noun

    usually uncountable, plural cloams

    1. (obsolete) Clay.

    2. (Now chiefly dialectal) Earthenware.  

  • adjective

    comparative more cloam, superlative most cloam

    1. (Now chiefly dialectal) Of earthenware.  

  • verb

    third-person singular simple present cloams, present participle cloaming, simple past and past participle cloamed

    1. (transitive, obsolete) To make cloam.

    2. (intransitive, UK dialectal) To gutter (as a candle).