Defn: Strong pinchers or forceps.
3. pl. (Mech.)
Defn: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood.
CLAM
Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.]
Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear,
OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.]
Defn: To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.
CLAM
Clam, v. i.
Defn: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden
CLAM
Clam, n.
Defn: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle.
CLAM
Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.]