CPage 323
- English Word Clamp Definition Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
- English Word Clamp Definition An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
- English Word Clamp Definition A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
- English Word Clamp Definition 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.
- English Word Clamp Definition A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
- English Word Clamp Definition A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
- English Word Clamp Definition A mollusk. See Clam.
- English Word Clamp Definition To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
- English Word Clamp Definition To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
- English Word Clamp Definition A heavy footstep; a tramp.
- English Word Clamp Definition To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
- English Word Clamped Definition of Clamp
- English Word Clamper Definition An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.
- English Word Clamping Definition of Clamp
- English Word Clan Definition A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
- English Word Clan Definition A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
- English Word Clancular Definition Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
- English Word Clancularly Definition privately; secretly.
- English Word Clandestine Definition Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
- English Word Clandestinity Definition Privacy or secrecy.