beclam en · VERB
Etymology
From Middle English *beclammen, from Old English beclæmman, beclemman, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + clam. Cognate with West Frisian beklamme, beklamje, Dutch beklemmen, German Low German beklemmen, German beklemmen.
Meanings
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(dialectal, transitive) To beclog with anything clammy or sticky.
In short I feel all over me like a bird whose plumage is beclammed and wings glued to its body with bird-lime.
1889, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Letters from the Lake Poets, page 172:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beclams | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| beclammed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| beclammed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| beclamming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |