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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clamming
       See {clam}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clam
       n 1: burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
       2: a piece of paper money worth one dollar [syn: {dollar}, {dollar
          bill}, {one dollar bill}, {buck}]
       3: flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
       v : gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
       [also: {clamming}, {clammed}]

















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