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Clam sb.3. World English Historical Dictionary

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Clam sb.3. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Clam sb.3 Also 9 clamm. [f. CLAM a.1 or v.1; or perh. a back-formation from CLAMMY. (Cf. greed).]

1   † 1.  A soft or plastic mass. Obs. (Cf. CLOAM.)

2 1554.  Philpot, Exam. & Writ. (1842), 340. Hath not the pot-maker power to form out of that same clam of earth that one vessel for an honourable use, and that other for contemptuous and vilenous?

3   2.  Clamminess, cold dampness.

4 1694.  Westmacott, Script. Herb., 17. Fat, ropy, sweet ale … creates clams in the viscera.

5 1827.  Carlyle, Germ. Rom., III. 291. The clamm of the grave.

6 1830.  Forby, Voc. East Anglia, s.v., ‘The meat has been kept too long, and has got a clam,’ begins to decay.

7 1837.  Carlyle, Fr. Rev., I. V. v. Around you is starvation … corruption, and the clam of death.

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