Part 1966

<h1>Clamorous</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clam"or*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>clamorosus</ets>, for L. <ets>Clamosus</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>clamoreux</ets>.]</ety> <def>Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.</def> "My young ones were <i>clamorous</i> for a morning's excursion."

<i>Southey.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Clam"or*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Clam"or*ous*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Clamp</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clamp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. LG. & D. <ets>klamp</ets>, Dan. <ets>klampe</ets>, also D. <ets>klampen</ets> to fasten, clasp. Cf. <er>Clam<?/er</er>, <er>Cramp</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Joinery)</fld> <def>A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Shipbuilding)</fld> <def>A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A mollusk. See <er>Clam</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

<h1>Clamp</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clamp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clamped</er> <tt>(?; 215)</tt> <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clamping</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover, as vegetables, with earth.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Clamp</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clamp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. an imitative word. Cf.<er>Clank</er>.]</ety> <def>A heavy footstep; a tramp.</def>

<h1>Clamp</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clamp</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.</def>

<blockquote>The policeman with <b>clamping</b> feet. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clamper</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clamp"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Clan</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>clann</ets> offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. <ets>clann</ets>, <ets>cland</ets>, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. <ets>plania</ets> scion, slip, cutting. Cf. <er>Plant</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; <as>as, the <ex>clan</ex> of Macdonald</as>.</def> "I have marshaled my <i>clan</i>."

<i>Campbell.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.</def>

<blockquote>Partidge and the rest of his <b>clan</b> may hoot me. <i>Smolett.</i></blockquote>