clamp

Definitions

1. 1.(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.
2. 2.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.
3. 3.(Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.
4. 4.A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
5. 5.A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
6. 6.To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
7. 7.To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
8. 8.A heavy footstep; a tramp.
9. 9.To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is a thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams called?
• What is a mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking called?
• What is a mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships called?
• What is to fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp called?
• What is to cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.] called?
• What is to tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray called?