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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Sloumy, adj. (17th c. north. Eng. dial. sloumie (1641) (of grain) not properly filled, also in the later dial. as Sloom v. (of plants) to become soft and flaccid, of Scand. origin, cf. Norw. sluma (of corn) to shoot up in long weak straw.) —1699 Belhaven Rudiments 5.
Made the stalks and consequently the head so strong, that it did not fall down and grow sloumy, as some would fancy it would do
