Clamp , v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with
clamping feet.
Thackeray.
Clamp , n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.]
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Clamp (klămp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped
(klămt; 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 (klămp), n.
[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. (a) An instrument with a screw or
screws by which work is held
in its place or two
parts are temporarily held together.
(b) (Joinery) A piece of wood
placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
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.
(Shipbuilding) 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.
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