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v. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of clambering. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a thing) through flame. Cf. Flambeau. ] 1. (Ceramics) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; -- said of pieces of Chinese porcelain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a. [ F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a thing) through flame. ] (Cooking) Dipped in or covered with a flammable liqueur and set afire when served; -- usually used postpositively; as, cherries flambe. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Flambeaux r Flambeaus [ F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame. ] A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammeus from flamma flame. ] Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half-filled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lambens, -enlis, p. pr. of lambere to lick; akin to lap. See Lap to drink by licking. ] 1. Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over. “A lambent flame.” Dryden. “A lambent style.” Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Twinkling or gleaming; fickering. “The lambent purity of the stars.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small genus of Australian shrubs.
Syn. -- genus Lambertia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. [ So called from Lambert, an English botanist. ] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ G. lämmergeier; lamm, pl. lämmer, lamb + geier vulture. ] (Zool.) A very large vulture (Gypaëtus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Zool.) See Lamprey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lamprey. ] (Zool.) The river lamprey (Ammocœtes fluviatilis syn. Lampetra fluviatilis). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is also applied to other river lampreys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lampas. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. oriflamme, OF. oriflambe, LL. auriflamma; L. aurum gold + flamma flame; cf. L. flammula a little banner. So called because it was a flag of red silk, split into many points, and borne on a gilded lance. ] 1. The ancient royal standard of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A standard or ensign, in battle. “A handkerchief like an oriflamb.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]