Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang.
Bp. Warbur&?;ion.
Clam"or, v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.
Shak.
Clam"or*er (?), n. One who clamors.
Clam"or*ous (?), a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.] Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey.
-- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, n.
Clamp (klămp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. Clamber, Cramp.] 1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
2. (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.
3. 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.
4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.