clam

Related Words

• clam

  clam (old access. form callim, or, acc. to Cod. Gu. 1, calam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 47, 3 Müll.) [root...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• clam

  clam I 2 CAL-, adv.and praep. I I. Adv, secretly, privately, covertly, in secret : Si...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Clam

  ·noun Claminess; moisture. II. Clam ·vt Strong pinchers or forceps. III. Clam ·vt A kind of vise, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• clam

  The popular name of a very common shell-fish. "As happy as a clam at high water," is a very common e...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Sea clam

  ·- Any one of the large bivalve mollusks found on the open seacoast, especially those of the family ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• clam-bake

  The baking of clams on those parts of the sea-coast where they abound, particularly in Massachusetts...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• clam-shell

  The lips, or mouth. There is a common though vulgar expression in New England, of "Shut your clam-sh...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.