Obs. [f. CLOOM sb.: practically a (? dial.) variant of CLOAM v.] trans. To daub or plaster with adhesive mud.
1609. C. Butler, Fem. Mon. (1634), 41, margin. The Hives always close cloomed.
1669. Worlidge, Syst. Agric. (1681), 189. Cloom up the skirts all but the door.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Bee, The Way is to cloom the Hives very close.
