clam
-1 n. இடுக்கி, இறுக்கிப்பிடிக்கும் கருவி, எதிர் எதிராயுள்ள பாகங்கள் திருகாணியினால் இறுக்கப்படத்தக்க அழுத்தக்கருவி, (வி.) பற்று, இடுக்கு, இடைவைத்தழுத்து, (பே-வ.) வாய்மூடு, பேசாதிரு.-2 n. இரட்டையோட்டுச் சிப்பி வகை, சிப்பியோடு.-3 n. ஈரம், (வி.) தடு, அடை, பூசு.-4 n. கூட்டுமணி ஒலி, இரண்டு அல்லது பல மணிகளை ஒருங்கே இசைப்பதனால் உண்டாகும் ஓசை, (வி.) கூட்டுமணி ஒலி எழுப்பு, கலகலக்கும் மணியோசை செய்.
Clam, n. Etym: [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Defn: Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) Defn: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood. Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] Defn: 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. Clam, v. i. Defn: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden Clam, n. Defn: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle. Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] Defn: A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares. Clam, v. t. & i. Defn: To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares. Clam, n. Etym: [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Defn: Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) Defn: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood. Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] Defn: 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. Clam, v. i. Defn: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden Clam, n. Defn: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle. Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] Defn: A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares. Clam, v. t. & i. Defn: To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares. Clam, n. Etym: [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Defn: Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) Defn: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood. Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] Defn: 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. Clam, v. i. Defn: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden Clam, n. Defn: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle. Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] Defn: A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares. Clam, v. t. & i. Defn: To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares. Clam, n. Etym: [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.] 1. (Zoöl.) Defn: A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634). 2. (Ship Carp.) Defn: Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. pl. (Mech.) Defn: A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood. Clam (clam), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] Etym: [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] Defn: 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. Clam, v. i. Defn: To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden Clam, n. Defn: Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle. Clam, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] Defn: A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares. Clam, v. t. & i. Defn: To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares.