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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   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.
   
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   4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
   
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   5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
   
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   6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]
   
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   Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
   
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   Clamp (klămp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (klămt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.]
   1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
   
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   2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
   
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   Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.
   
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   Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
   
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   The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.
   
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