See also:

• LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime," See also:

• LAT

Lat. limus, mud, See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay)  , a fertile See also:

• SOIL

soil composed of a mixture of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand, See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay, and decomposed See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• MATTER

matter, the quantity of sand being sufficient to prevent the clay massing together . The word is also used of a mixture of sand, clay and See also:

• STRAW

straw, used for making casting-moulds and bricks, and for plastering walls, &c . (see Son) .