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English
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from a variant of seam.
Noun
soam (plural soams)
- A chain by which a leading horse draws a plough.
1858, James Slight, Robert Scott Burn, The Book of Farm Implements and Machines:In this mode of yoking, the horses work in unicorn-team, the middle horse pulling by the soam- chain, instead of the swingtree
- (mining) A short rope used to pull the tram in a coal-mine.
- A horse-lead.
References
Anagrams
- -omas, Amos, MOAS, MOAs, Samo, SoMa, Soma, maos, moas, omas, soma
Galician
Verb
soam
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of soar
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of soer:
- third-person plural present subjunctive
- third-person plural imperative
Portuguese
Verb
soam
- third-person plural present indicative of soar