Meaning of cloom | Babel Free

Definitions

To close with glutinous matter.

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“If none of these ways will cause them to swarm, but that they lie forth ſtill, then rear the Hive enough to let them in, and cloom up the Skirts all but the Door”

“There also were wicker skeps or hives, and these were cloomed. This meant that they were banked with a mixture of dirt and cow manure to protect them from the weather and the cold”

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