clam(2)
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clam noun1. ['klam]
[Old English clam = Old High German klamma (German dial. Klamm), Middle High German, German klemme, Dutch klemme, klem, from Germanic (rel. to CLAMP noun1).]
Anything that holds tight; in pl. bonds, bondage. Only in OE.
An instrument for clasping rigidly or holding fast; a clamp, vice, pair of pincers, etc.; also, a lining for the jaws of a vice. LME.
In pl. clutches, claws. Long obsolete exc. dial. M16.