3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.

Blood clam. See under Blood.

Clam (clăm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed (klămd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] [Cf. AS. clŠman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] 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.

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