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beclamming

beclamming is the present participle and gerund 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 beclamming

What is beclamming the present participle and gerund of?
Beclamming is the present participle and gerund of beclam.

Words near beclamming in the dictionary

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

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