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: 1399-1400
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Clammis, n. pl. [e.m.E. clammes (1547), OE. clammas, pl. of clam bond, fetter.] Clamps, pincers. —a1400 Legends of the Saints xx. 239.
The presydent … gert clammys lad by done [= be laid down] a1400 Ib. 247.
Irne clammys
