Clomb

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed}
     (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D.
     klimmen, Icel. kl[imac]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.]
     1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands
        and feet.


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     2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
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              Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a
        support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets,
        etc., to a support or upright surface.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clomb \Clomb\, Clomben \Clomb"en\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Climb} (for climbed). [Obs.]
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           The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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