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Webster 1913 Edition


Clamber

Clam′ber

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clambered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Clambering
.]
[OE
clambren
,
clameren
, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel.
klambra
to clamp, G.
klammern
. Cf.
Clamp
,
Climb
.]
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; – also used figuratively.
The narrow street that
clambered
toward the mill.
Tennyson.

Clam′ber

,
Noun.
The act of clambering.
T. Moore.

Clam′ber

,
Verb.
T.
To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clambering
the walls to eye him.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Clamber

CLAMBER

,
Verb.
I.
[from climb, or D. Klampen, to grapple.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet.