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Webster 1913 Edition
Clamp
Clamp
(klămp)
, Noun.
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.
Clamp
(klămp)
, Verb.
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.
2.
To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
[Eng.]
Clamp
,Verb.
I.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with
clamping
feet. Thackeray.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clamp
CLAMP
, n.1.
In general, something that fastens or binds; a piece of timber or of iron, used to fasten work together; or a particular manner of uniting work by letting boards into each other.2.
In ship-building, a thick plank on the inner part of a ships side, used to sustain the ends of the beams.3.
A smooth crooked plate of iron forelocked on the trunnions of a cannon to keep it fast to the carriage. Clamps are also used to strengthen masts, and to fasten the masts and bowsprits of small vessels and of boats.4.
A pile of bricks laid up for burning, in which the end of one brick is laid over another, and a space is left between the bricks for the fire to ascend.Clamp-irons, irons used at the ends of fires to keep the fuel from falling.
Clamp-nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
CLAMP
, v.t.1.
To fasten with clamps.2.
In joinery, to fit a piece of board with the grain, to the end of another piece of board across the grain; as, to clamp a table to prevent its warping.