<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.</li><li>a mixture of clay, sand, straw, etc., used in making molds for founding and in plastering walls, stopping holes, etc.</li><li>earth or soil.</li><li>Obsolete. clay or clayey earth.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to cover or stop with loam.</li></ul>