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Definition of clam

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Clam (v. t.) 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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Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..

Ban :: Ban (n.) A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation..

Declamation :: Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation..

Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..

O :: O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc..

Oyez :: Oyez (interj.) Hear; attend; -- a term used by criers of courts to secure silence before making a proclamation. It is repeated three times.

Sea Clam :: Sea clam () Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family Mactridae, as the common American species. (Mactra, / Spisula, solidissima); -- called also beach clam, and surf clam..

Vyce :: Vyce (n.) A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

Incessant :: Incessant (a.) Continuing or following without interruption; unceasing; unitermitted; uninterrupted; continual; as, incessant clamors; incessant pain, etc..

Englaimed :: Englaimed (a.) Clammy.

Declaration :: Declaration (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc..

Clamor :: Clamor (v. t.) To stun with noise.

Hall :: Hall (n.) Cleared passageway in a crowd; -- formerly an exclamation.

Shuck :: Shuck (n.) The shell of an oyster or clam.

Rant :: Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher..

Inequilateral :: Inequilateral (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells..

Clamor :: Clamor (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.

Bo :: Bo (interj.) An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

Fritter :: Fritter (v. t.) A small quantity of batter, fried in boiling lard or in a frying pan. Fritters are of various kinds, named from the substance inclosed in the batter; as, apple fritters, clam fritters, oyster fritters..

Post :: Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice..