A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1595
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Clamm, a. [ME. clam (c 1440), also e.m.E. (17th c.), and mod. dial.] Sticky, viscid. —1595 Duncan Appendix.
Tenax, clamm, tewgh