"caum" meaning in All languages combined

See caum on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: caums [present, singular, third-person], cauming [participle, present], caumed [participle, past], caumed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} caum (third-person singular simple present caums, present participle cauming, simple past and past participle caumed)
  1. (Scotland, transitive) To whiten with camstone. Tags: Scotland, transitive

Inflected forms

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