Middle English Dictionary Entry
clam adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | clam adj. |
| Etymology | MDu. or MLG. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Viscous, sticky; muddy, miry; also fig.
Associated quotations
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)79 : Clam [vr. clame] or cleymows: Glutinosus [vr. lutosus], viscosus.
- a1500(c1340) Rolle Psalter (UC 64)p.511 : In layre [L luto; Bod 877: cley] of many watirs: that is, in vile and clam couatys of men.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 74/1 : Sett hyt in a moyste place in the erthe a sevynnyghte tyll hyt be a party clame, then sterre hyt ons in a day.
- a1500 Hrl.3151 Limn.Recipes (Hrl 3151) 231/34 : Sett the sysse tempurd and couerd in a litill holle in a moste place or in the grownde .vij. days to it be clam a party, and ych day ones stir it abowt.
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