Clamor
(Clam"or), v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate
demands.
The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.
Shak.
Clamorer
(Clam"or*er) n. One who clamors.
Clamorous
(Clam"or*ous) a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.] Speaking and
repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.
"My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey.
— Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. — Clam"or*ous*ness, n.
Clamp
(Clamp) 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.
Clamp
(Clamp) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (klamt; 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), n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Clamp
(Clamp), v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with clamping feet.
Thackeray.
Clamper
(Clamp"er) n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable
the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.
Clan
(Clan) n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh.
from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. Plant, n.]
1. 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. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.
