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noun

Clamp n.

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.

6.

A mollusk. See Clam. (Obs.)

Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

Clamp n. A heavy footstep; a tramp.

verb

Clamp v. t. (past & past part. clamped; pres. part. clamping)

1.

To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

2.

To cover, as vegetables, with earth. (Eng.)

Clamp v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. "The policeman with clamping feet."

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Etymology of 'Clamp'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clamp" Quotes from Famous Books

... although rather clumsy and hard to tighten enough to hold the hook truly. Another simple vise is just a small pin chuck, soldered to one end of a 1/4" brass rod, bent at the desired angle, and the other end of the rod soldered to a small C clamp. However, I prefer a vise of the cam lever type. That is, a vise that has a cam lever for opening and closing the jaws. These vises, of which there are several makes, are {2} adjustable to various angles and hook sizes. ...

— How to Tie Flies • E. C. Gregg

... the underside around the hole. If this bur be hammered to flatten it, the hole is distorted and made smaller. It is better to file the bur down, at least part way. It is not convenient to file a piece of thin metal when it is held in a vise. It is better to use either a metal or a wooden clamp, as shown in Fig. 52; then the filing can be quickly and easily done. Y is the yoke to be filed. It is well to place a piece of metal, I, between the table and the end ...

— How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus • Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

... cable with an electro-magnet anchor. Lash yourself to it. When I give the signal by blinking the lights in the lock, open the outer door and leap across to the other ship. I know you risk death from their rays, but it is our only chance. Clamp the anchor against the side of the ship and locate the emergency ...

— The Space Rover • Edwin K. Sloat

... man slid down and caught the bull-like throat. His grip tightened. West fought savagely to break it. He could as soon have freed himself from the clamp of a vice. ...

— Man Size • William MacLeod Raine

... highly dangerous to the other; and as Edgar had a great deal to do in the house and stables, it was as well, she said with the air of one undergoing something disagreeable for high principles, to get out of his way and leave him to his bricks and mortar undisturbed. Gentlemen, she said, as the clamp holding all together, do not like to be interfered with in their own domain. That fever in the bottom was such an admirable lever of womanly good sense! So they went and enjoyed themselves at Cheltenham as much as it was in the Harrowby nature to do, and ...

— Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. XVII, No. 99, March, 1876 • Various

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