To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?" Shak.
Claim"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being claimed.
Claim"ant (?), n. [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf. Clamant.] One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Claim"er (?), n. One who claims; a claimant.
Claim"less, a. Having no claim.
||Clair"-ob*scur" (&?;), n. [F. See Clare-obscure.] See Chiaroscuro.
Clair*voy"ance (?), n. [F.] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
Clair*voy"ant (?), a. [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See Clear, and Vision.] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Clair*voy"ant n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
{ Clake, Claik (?), } n. (Zo÷l.) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.
Clam (?), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zo÷l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure.
Capt. John Smith (1616).
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand.
Wood (1634).