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i. [A variation of clamber, in imitation of climb.] To climb; mount with effort; clamber. Beware how you climber for breaking your neck. Tu er , March's Husbandry, xxxvii. 28. climbing-boy (klīʼming-boi), n. A young chimney-sweep who climbed chimneys from the inside. Chimney sweeping by climbing-boys is now prohibited. [Eng.] climbing-fern (klī'ming-fèrn'), IMG:content-0589.png:[graphic] n. A name of species of the genus Lygodium , of which there are several native to Japan, Australia, and tropical America. A single species, L. palmatum , is found in the United States, a delicate climbing plant, with palmately lobed fronds, and the fertile fronds several times forked, forming a terminal panicle. climbing-fish (kli'ming-fish), Climbing-fern ( Lygodium palmatum). (From "The Garden.") n. A fish of the family Anabantid a, Anabas scan dens. The gill-covers are the principal means by which the fish climbs. Also called climbing perch. See Anabas. climbing; ascend; rise. Some [men] climb to Good, some from good Fortune fall. Cowley , Pindaric Odes, vi. 2. Till clomb above the eastern bar The horned moon. frames to which spikes are affixed, which are fastened to the feet or to the legs below the knee, and used in climbing trees, telegraph poles, etc. Also called climbers and creepers. Fitting new straps to his climbing -irons. climbing-perch (kliʼming-pėrch), n. Same as T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Rugby. IMG:content-0590.png:[blocks in formation] II. trans. 1. To go up on or surmount, especially by the use of both the hands and feet. They shall climb the wall like men of war. Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple stands afar? Beattie , The Minstrel, i. 1. Hence-2. Figuratively, to ascend or mount as if by climbing. With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies! Sir P. Sidney, Ástrophel and Stella, st. 31. 31. To attain as if by climbing; achieve slowly or with effort. Bowing his head against the steepy mount To climb his happine . Shak., T. of A., 1. 1. Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Milton , Sonnets, iii. Clime of the unforgotten brave. Byron, The Giaour. To England, over vale and mountain, My fancy flew from climes more fair. N. P. Will is . climp1 (klimp), v. t. [Sc., prob. for * clemp as a secondary form of clamp1, v., though in form like the orig. verb (= MHG. klimpfen ), to which clamp1 is ult. referred: see clamp1.] To hook; snatch; take hold of suddenly.