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Clamp

Clamp (clamp)
n.(kl1913 webster dictionarymp)
Clamp
[Cf. LG. *** D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. Clamber, Cramp.]
  1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together] a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
  2. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
    (b) (Joinery)
  3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
  4. A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
  5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
  6. A mollusk. See Clam.
    [Obs.]

    Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

Clamp

Clamp (clamp)
v. t.(kl1913 webster dictionarymp)
Clamp
[imp. *** p. p. Clamped (kl&abreve]mt; 215) p. pr. *** vb. n. Clamping.]
  1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps] to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
  2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
    [Eng.]

Clamp

Clamp (clamp)
n.
Clamp
  1. A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clamp

Clamp (clamp)
v. i.
Clamp
  1. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

    The policeman with clamping feet.
    Thackeray.













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