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Webster 1913 Edition

Coom

Coom

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Noun.
[Cf. G.
kahm
mold gathered on liquids, D.
kam
, Sw.
kimrök
pine soot, smoke black, Icel.
kām
grime, film of dirt.]
Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven.
Phillips. Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Coom

COOM

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Noun.
Soot that gathers over an ovens mouth; also, the matter that works out of the naves or boxes of carriage wheels. In Scotland, the useless dust which falls from coals.

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