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Clamorous: Definition and part of speech

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Clamorous

  1. a. Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clamp: Definition and part of speech

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Clamp

  1. n. A mollusk. See Clam.
  2. n. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
  3. n. An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
  4. n. A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
  5. n. 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.
  6. n. A thick plank on the inner part of a ship’s side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
  7. n. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clamper: Definition and part of speech

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Clamper

  1. n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clan: Definition and part of speech

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Clan

  1. n. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; — sometimes used contemptuously.
  2. n. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.