CLAMP

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

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.

A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.

A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.] Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]

A heavy footstep; a tramp.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.