See Also: cunctator(dictionary)
Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Quintus(encyclopedia)
loam(1)(dictionary)
loam(2)(dictionary)
loam(encyclopedia)
loam(dictionary)

loam(2) (iou) and cunctator (iou)


loam(2) (iou)



loam verb. E17.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Cover or plaster with loam. E17-E18.
verb intrans. & trans. Search (a region) for gold by washing the loam from the foot of a hill until the increasing number of gold grains leads to the lode. Austral. E20.

cunctator (iou)



cunctator noun. E17.
[Latin, from cunctat-: see CUNCTATION, -OR.]
A person who acts tardily, a delayer.
? Often used with ref. to Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Roman General in the war against Hannibal.
'cunctatory adjective (rare) disposed to delay M19.