Clamp

klamp, n. A piece of timber or iron, to fasten work together; a ma of bricks heaped material, to cover the jaws of a vise a heavy footstep. — v. [clamped (Wampt), clamping.] To unite or ren- Clamp, der firm by a clamp. — v. To tread heavily or clumsily, to clump. [D. and Sw. klamp, G. klampe, a clamp D. klampa, Dan. klampe, to clamp, grapple, MHG. klimpfen, to pre tighty together dam, climb, clump, cramp. See Cramp.] (San, klan, n. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, and bearing the same surname a clique a sect, society, or bodv of persons. [Ga. dawn, descendants, Ir. eland, descendants, tribe, clan.] — Clan'ni , a. Closely united, like a clan; disposed to unite. — Clan'nishly, adv. — Clan'nishne , n — Clan's hip, n. State of union.—Clans''man, klanz'man, n. One belonging to the same clan.