Definition for LOAM

LOAM, n. [Sax. lam; D. leem; G. lehm; L. limus; Sw. lim; Dan. lim, liim; so named probably for smoothness or softness; W. llim.]

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. – Cleaveland. Encyc.

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