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Rh CLAMMED.—Chocked up by over-filling. If an aperture be too small for grain to run through freely it is said to be "clammed:" also a surfeit from over-feeding is so called.

CLAMBER, or CLIM.—To climb. "Clamber" would be used for getting up a rock, and "clim" for climbing a tree.

CLAMP.—To tread noisily. An arrangement of bricks piled for burning without a kiln is so called.

CLAMPUTTIN', or CLUMPUTTIN'.—Stumping about.

CLANG.—A resounding noise, as the report of a gun.

CLAP.—To place quickly. "Clap 'un down an' be aff." "Clap on your hat." Also, in cold weather, to "clap, is to get warm by beating the arms across each other.

CLAP-ON.—To overcharge. "A allus claps-on wi' I, acause a thinks I shall try to be-at un down a bit."

CLAPPER.—The tongue.

CLAPPER CLAWED.—Scratched by a woman.

CLAPPERS.—Shallows in a river. The clappers between Reading and Caversham are known to all upper Thames boating men.

CLAPS.—To clasp.

CLAPS-NET.—A net where the two parts close together, such an that used for catching sparrows at night around the eaves of ricks, etc.

CLAT.—A patch of dirt or cow-dung thrown against a wall or door.

CLAVER.—An instrument to chop bones of meat; a cleaver.

CLAY, or CLAA.—To claw. "To clay hawld on 'un" is to seize a thing with hands or claws.

CLE-AN, or CLANE.—Entire, absolute, altogether. "A missed 'un cle-an" (he missed it altogether), as applied to a shot.

CLE-AN AN' HANZOME.Has the same meaning as "cle-an" given above, but with stress on the "Miss" being remarkable.