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Clem

klɛm
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Clem
    klĕm To starve; to famish.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. clem
    To pinch; compress; stop up by pressure; clog.
  2. clem
    To pinch with hunger; starve.
  3. clem
    To die of hunger; starve.
  4. clem
    A variant of cleam.
  5. clem
    Same as clam.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.i., v.t) Clem
    klem to starve.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. clam, to clog, or G. klemmen, to pinch, Icel. klömbra, E. clamp,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Prov. Eng. clam; Ger. klemmen, to pinch.

Usage in the news

Marti Richmiller (pictured) and the Privateers hope to have plenty to celebrate on Monday as they seek to end to end their homestand with a 3-1 record (UNO Athletics/Clem Barbazon). blog.nola.com

Clem Currans will be the celebrant. emmetsburgnews.com

Clem II, 79, accomplished schoolteacher . times-gazette.com

Clem Snide 's Take On Journey's Faithfully. alkradio.com

Senior Olympian Clem, 71, is president of Mayberry Archers . baltimoresun.com

Vicki Clem, of Westminster, is president of the Mayberry Archers in Carroll County, and is considered one of the top competitors in the Maryland archery competition. baltimoresun.com

Clem Klaphake loves his birds . omaha.com

Clem allows just one earned run in loss. record-eagle.com

Ted Clem of the Economic Development Commission discusses. fxl.com

(UNO Athletics/Clem Barbazon) Jason M Plotkin. blog.nola.com

As we deal with the reality that a woman would willingly get naked with Hulk Hogan and make a sex tape to commemorate the occasion, we're almost tempted to thank Heather Clem for taking one for the team. hot1047.com

Exercise allows me to do the things… (CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer ). philly.com

Boyd (CLEM) - 428 YDS, 5 TD. espn.go.com

Watkins (CLEM) - 8 REC, 202 YDS, 1 TD. espn.go.com

A seven-story condo building would replace this vacant complex, formerly Mostellers… (CLEM MURRAY / Staff Photographer ). philly.com

Usage in scientific papers

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the numerous colleagues who helped in compiling and updating this review, in particular John Kovac, Keith Olive, John Peacock, Clem Pryke, Paul Richards and Martin White.
Cosmic Background Radiation Mini-Review

This effect, and its impact on the positron fraction measured at Earth, has been investigated by several groups (Moraal et al. 1991, Clem et al. 1996).
Measurements of the Cosmic-Ray Positron Fraction From 1 to 50 GeV

Clem et al. have developed a model based on the observed systematic difference in the correlation between the electron flux measured in space by the ICE instrument and groundbased neutron monitor measurements for the 1980 and 1990 solar polarity epochs.
Measurements of the Cosmic-Ray Positron Fraction From 1 to 50 GeV

So, the ”rivers of flux tubes” (or ”trains of tubes” as John Clem called them) are moving very fast perpendicular to the current flow (as required by the cross product in the Lorentz force expression, FL = v × Φ where v is tube velocity and Φ is the flux curried by the tube).
Dynamic Formation of Metastable Intermediate State Patterns in Type-I Superconductors

Usage in literature

Clem and I became great friends. "Tales of the Sea" by W.H.G. Kingston

And when shall it be, Clem? "The White Lady of Hazelwood" by Emily Sarah Holt

But I tell you, John, there's a worse blindness than Clem's, and you and father have suffered from it. "Shining Ferry" by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Aunt Clem has soft down all over her cheeks, and such curly white hair. "A Little Girl of Long Ago" by Amanda Millie Douglas

Over the fence a gray-haired man Cautiously clim, clome, clem, clum, clamb. "The Book of Humorous Verse" by Various

In a Press sighing deeply over the various Labour crises there is the glad news that Mr. CLEM EDWARDS, M.P. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 12, 1920" by Various

The lights were low, and Clem, a night-owl, fixed him in a chair near the door. "The Daughter of a Magnate" by Frank H. Spearman

They clem out and went from limb to limb till they got so away the dogs would loose trail. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves, Arkansas Narratives, Part 4" by Work Projects Administration

Clem, you shall have the other seat at my table. "Five Little Peppers at School" by Margaret Sidney

You don't mind my coming, do you, Clem? "Peterkin" by Mary Louisa Molesworth