clamp nail (klampnal)

A short, stout, large-headed nail for fastening clamps in ships. clamp-screw (klamp's krö), n. A tool used by joiners to hold Clamp-screws. control of a chief, who represented the common ancestor, and who was revered and served by the clansmen with the blind devotion of children. The clans did not, however, acknowledge the principle of primogeniture, often raising to the chiefship a brother or an uncle of a deceased chief. The name of the clan was generally that of the original progenitor with the prefix Mac (son). There are few traces of this institution now remaining. Each trained to arms since life began, Owning no tie but to his clan. Scott, L. of the L., iii. 24. We find the Tribe or Clan, including a number of persons, in theory of kin to it, yet in fact connected with it only by common dependence on the chief. Maine, Early Hist. of Institutions, p. 69. 2. Figuratively, a clique, sect, set, society, or body of persons closely united by some common interest or pursuit, and supposed to have a spirit of exclusivene toward others. Partridge, and the rest of his clan , may hoot me for a cheat, if I fail in any single particular. Swift . = Syn. 1. Tribe , Race , etc. See people . clanculart (klang kū-lär), a . [L. clancula rius , secret, clandestine, clanculum , secretly, a dim. form, ousne . Not allowing to himself any reserve of carnal pleasure, no clancular lust, no private oppre ions, no secret covetJer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 836. clancularlyt (klang kū-lär-li), adv . Privately; secretly. Judgements should not be administered clancularly , in dark corners, but in open court. Barrow , Sermons, II. xx. clandestine (klan-des'tin), a . [= D. clandes tien, clandestin = Sp. Pg. It. clandestino , clan des tin us , secret, clam (OL. cal am , cal lim ), secretly, from root of celare = AS. helan , hide (see conceal ); the second element is uncertain.] Secret; private; hidden; furtive; withdrawn from public view: generally implying craft, deception, or evil design. They, in a clandestine and secret manner, collect and snatch fire, as it were by stealth, from the chariot of the Sun. It is the worst clandestine marriage, when God is not invited to it. Fuller, Holy State, p. 207. Clandestine marriage. (a) A marriage contracted without the due observance of the ceremonies which the law has prescribed. By the law of Scotland clandestine marriages are valid, by that of England void; the law in the United States varies. (b) Any secret marriage, but especially one contracted in defiance of the will of parents or guardians.=Syn. Latent , Covert, etc. See secret. clandestinely (klan-des'tin-li), adv . In a clandestine manner; secretly; privately; furtively. This Trick (pouring water on a cargo of cloves] they use whenever they dispose of any clandestinely . Bacon, Physical Fables, ii., Expl. Dampier, Voyages, I. 318. The