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beclammed

beclammed is the simple past and past participle of beclam.

Meaning of beclam

Verb

beclam (third-person singular simple present beclams, present participle beclamming, simple past and past participle beclammed)

  1. (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

Questions about beclammed

What is beclammed the simple past and past participle of?
Beclammed is the simple past and past participle of beclam.

Words near beclammed in the dictionary

  1. Beckys
  2. beclabuvir
  3. beclad
  4. beclam
  5. beclamide
  6. beclammed
  7. beclamming
  8. beclamor
  9. beclamored
  10. beclamoring
  11. beclamors

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