Coom (also coomb) (noun) (Scots)
koom
Soot, smut
First recorded in 1580–90; variant of culm
Example sentences
“He walked from the mine, coom thick in his hair and on his skin.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
