Meaning of caum | Babel Free

Definitions

To whiten with camstone.

Scotland, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“The hearth is nicely caumed, the iron ribs of the grate shine like burnished steel […]”

“The centre of the kitchen was the well-caumed fireside, the saut girnel in the jambs, the goodman's seat between the lowe and the candle, and pussy bawdrons not far from the warmth of the ace.”

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