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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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Com

par.

Clammier

; superl.

Clammiest

[Cf. AS.

clām

clay. See

to clog, and cf.

Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

Any loud and continued noise.

Addison.

Syn. – Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

Adj.

[See Clam.] Thick, viscous, adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; tenacious; as, bodies clammy and cleaving.

Cold sweat, in clammy drops, his limbs oer-spread.