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caums

caums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caum.

Meaning of caum

Verb

caum (third-person singular simple present caums, present participle cauming, simple past and past participle caumed)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To whiten with camstone.
    • The hearth is nicely caumed, the iron ribs of the grate shine like burnished steel […]1891, Alex Lowson, Tales and Legends of Forfarshire

Questions about caums

What is caums the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Caums is the third-person singular simple present indicative of caum.

Words near caums in the dictionary

  1. Caulton
  2. caum
  3. cauma
  4. caumed
  5. cauming
  6. caums
  7. caumstone
  8. caumstones
  9. caunch
  10. caunches
  11. Caunos

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