Loam
Loam (lōm) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon lām; akin to Dutch leem, German lehm, and English 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.
2.
(Founding) A mixture of sand, clay, and other materials, used in making molds for large castings, often without a pattern.
Collocations (4)
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 , intransitive verb
To cover, smear, or fill with loam.