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Clam \Clam\, v. i.
To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] --Dryden
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Clam \Clam\, n.
Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." --Carlyle.
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Clam \Clam\, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.]
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime
at once. --Nares.
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Clam \Clam\, v. t. & i.
To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to
clang. --Nares.
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Clam \Clam\ (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. {Clamp}, {Clam}, v. t.,
{Clammy}.]
1. (Zool.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those
that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria}), the
quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria}), the sea clam or
hen clam ({Spisula solidissima}), and other species of the
United States. The name is said to have been given
originally to the {Tridacna gigas}, a huge East Indian
bivalve.
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You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or
cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,
or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John
Smith (1616).
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Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
cockle; it lieth under the sand. --Wood (1634).
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2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
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{Blood clam}. See under {Blood}.
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Clam \Clam\ (cl[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clammed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Clamming}.] [Cf. AS. cl[ae]man to clam, smear; akin
to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile,
or E. clammy.]
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
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A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they
cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting
out again. --L'Estrange.
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