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English
English : habitational name from either of two places in Devon called Clampitt or from Clampit in Cornwall, all named with Old English clÄm ‘mud’, ‘clay’ + Old English pytt ‘pit’.
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English
English : possibly from Middle English clamp ‘clamp’, ‘brace’, ‘iron band’ (a borrowing from Middle Dutch, first recorded in the early 14th century). This may have been a metonymic occupational name for a smith who specialized in making clamps.
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a.
Having a surface dressed by cutting with a hammer the head of which consists of broad thin chisels clamped together.
n.
A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp.
n.
A ring, strap, clamp, or any device for holding an object in place; as: (a) The box on a door jamb into which the bolt of a lock protrudes, when shot. (b) A ring serving to keep another ring on the finger. (c) A loop near the buckle of a strap to receive the end of the strap.
v. i.
To tread clumsily; to clamp.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Clamp
n.
A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.
n.
An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.
v. t.
A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle.
imp. & p. p.
of Clamp
n.
A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.
n.
A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
n.
The part of a tool-rest in which a cutting tool is clamped.
v. t.
To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
n.
The planking between the spirketing and the clamps.
n.
The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
v. i.
Any piece resembling in shape the stirrup of a saddle, and used as a support, clamp, etc. See Bridle iron.
v. i.
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
n.
A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
n.
See Clamp.
n.
Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.