Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with clamping feet.
Thackeray.
Clamp"er (?), n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.
Clan (klăn), n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. Plant, n.] 1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.
2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me.
Smolett.
The whole clan of the enlightened among us.
Burke.
Clan"cu*lar (?), a. [L. clancularius , from clanculum secretly, adv. dim. of clam secretly.] Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.]
Not close and clancular, but frank and open.
Barrow.