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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  CLAM
       
           A system for symbolic mathematics,
          especially General Relativity.  It was first implemented in
          ATLAS assembly language and later Lisp.
       
          See also ALAM.
       
          ["CLAM Programmer's Manual", Ray d'Inverno & Russell-Clark,
          King's College London, 1971].
       
          (1994-11-08)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\ (kl[a^]m), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t.,
     Clammy.]
     1. (Zo["o]l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially
        those that are edible; as, the long clam ({Mya arenaria),
        the quahog or round clam ({Venus mercenaria), the sea
        clam or hen clam ({Spisula solidissima), and other
        species of the United States. The name is said to have
        been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East
        Indian bivalve.
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              You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or
              cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes,
              or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. --Capt. John
                                                    Smith (1616).
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              Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a
              cockle; it lieth under the sand.      --Wood (1634).
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     2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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     3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
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     Blood clam. See under Blood.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\ (cl[a^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Clamming.] [Cf. AS. cl[ae]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.
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           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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\, v. i.
     To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] --Dryden
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\, n.
     Claminess; moisture. [R.] ``The clam of death.'' --Carlyle.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.]
     A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime
     at once. --Nares.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Clam \Clam\, v. t. & i.
     To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to
     clang. --Nares.
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