loamy

loamy
Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam.

Yet there was no time to be lost if I was ever to get out alive, and so I groped with my hands against the side of the grave until I made out the bottom edge of the slab, and then fell to grubbing beneath it with my fingers. But the earth, which the day before had looked light and loamy to the eye, was stiff and hard enough when one came to tackle it with naked hands, and in an hours time I had done little more than further weary myself and bruise my fingers.


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  • Loamy — Loam y, a. Consisting of loam; partaking of the nature of loam; resembling loam. Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • loamy — adj. Loamy is used with these nouns: ↑soil …   Collocations dictionary

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  • loamy — adjective consisting of or having the character of loam richy loamy soil • Ant: ↑loamless • Derivationally related forms: ↑loam …   Useful english dictionary

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  • loamy — adjective see loam …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • loamy — See loam. * * * …   Universalium

  • loamy — loam·y || ləʊmɪ adj. of or pertaining to loam, resembling loam …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • loess — loessial, loessal, adj. /loh es, les, lus/, n. a loamy deposit formed by wind, usually yellowish and calcareous, common in the Mississippi Valley and in Europe and Asia. [1825 35; < G Löss < Swiss G lösch loose, slack (sch taken as a dial.… …   Universalium

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