malm

American  

[mahm] / mɑm /

noun

1. an artificial mixture of chalk and clay for making into bricks.

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malm British  

/ mɑːm /

noun

1. a soft greyish limestone that crumbles easily

2. a chalky soil formed from this limestone

3. an artificial mixture of clay and chalk used to make bricks

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Etymology

Origin of malm

before 900; Middle English malme sand, malm, Old English mealm- (in mealmiht sandy, mealmstān sandstone); cognate with Old Norse mālmr metal (in granular form), Gothic malma sand; akin to Old Saxon, Old High German melm dust. See meal ²

Example Sentences

He said, “I knew a Phillip who feesh out of St. Jawn, but an outrageous malm he was.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor

Timothy answered scornfully, “Dere, look, malm, look . . ” Angrily, I said to him, “I can’t see.”

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor