What does cloom mean?
Cloom means (obsolete, transitive) To close with glutinous matter..
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/kluːm/ · verb
(obsolete, transitive) To close with glutinous matter..
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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Cloom means (obsolete, transitive) To close with glutinous matter..
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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
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