coom

American  

[koom] / kum /

Or coomb

noun

Chiefly Scot. and North England.

1. soot; coal dust; smut.

2. dust, especially sawdust or dust from a gristmill.

3. grease from bearings, axles, etc.

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coom British  

/ kuːm /

noun

1. dialect waste material, such as dust from coal, grease from axles, etc

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Etymology

Origin of coom

First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm ¹

Example Sentences

Ye’d never coom near it, gin ye thried for twolve moonths. 

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert

Such news as this don’t coom every day.”

From Mr. Marx's Secret by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

Shudn't ha' heerd 'ee, Tammas," he sez, "or knawed as owt wur t' matter— Ef it hedn't ha bin fur yon guse o' thine, as coom an raäised sech a clatter.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93, July 23, 1887. by Various

My bizness wi’ your father ’ll keep till he coom back; but I’se also got somethin’ to say to thyself as woan’t keep much longer.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne

So being able to make nothing of him, Douglas let him go back to his dry peat coom.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)