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English Dictionary: clamming by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Clam \Clam\ (cl[dd]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clammed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Clamming}.] [Cf. AS. cl[91]man to clam, smear; akin
      to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile,
      or E. clammy.]
      To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
  
               A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they
               cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting
               out again.                                             --L'Estrange.
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