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To bowl; to vociferate; to clamor. Dryden.

An exclamation corresponding to Bless you !.

Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding." Shak.

ce: Anything which insnares. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden.

An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]

sed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca.

ewhat harsh noise, like the blast of a trumpet; a roar or bellowing. With blare of bugle, clamor of men. Tennyson. His ears are stunned with the thunder's blare. J. R. Drake.

Bellowing, as a calf; bawling; brawling; clamoring; disagreeably clamorous; sounding loudly and harshly. "Harsh and blatant tone." R. H. Dana. A monster, which the blatant beast men call. Spenser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.

An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh and boo.]

Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.

To clamor; to contest noisily. [R.]

A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R] Shak.

Well done! excellent! an exclamation expressive of applause.

m, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. The Assyrians appear to have made much less use of bricks baked in the furnace than the Babylonians. Layard.

A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.

Full of censure; censorious. The censorial declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton.

A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc. Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street. Tennyson. Whzt cheer Now do you fare What is there that is cheering

To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.

A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.] The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.