claim 
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To bar your highness claiming from the female 
/<*., Hen. V., 1. 2. 
We nmBt know how the first ruler, from whom any one 
claim*, came by his authority, before we can know who 
has a right to succeed him in it. /..../,.. 
3. To assert a claim ; put forward a claim. 4. 
To assert a belief or an opinion: maintain; 
assert. [A common use, regarded by many as 
inelegant.] 
And in the light of clearest evidence, 
Perceives Him acting in the present tense ; 
Not, as some claim, once acting but now not. 
A. Culm, The .Microcosm. 
II. trans. If. To proclaim. 
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i-il September 14th, known as the (ienev:, :i:ir,l. i 
clam 
hlch seen into tlmipi without opening 
it. 1C. Hairnet, Autocrat, I. 
. Sagacity ; penetration ; quick iu- 
knowledge of thing*. 
clairvoyant (kliir-voi'iint ), it. nndii. [Formerly 
, . . , . . 
the r,.>ponsibh v ,e...ii i .e,,,., ! of th<- British government , ai a)HO ,./,- ,,,,,. < p. clairvoyant, lit <-l,.ar- 
. , ,'. . 
' 
" Trewly, fremle," seitle the kynge, "in good prismi 
hath he you st-tte that to me hath you seute, (for I C//II//H.- t n , t .. r| , 
?!^!!*!L'!l lt: suc """IgWjHHflLS *rim s (WSm)"r l rr [E dial., also clame, < ME. 
lowed the chief claims for direct damages, and awarded 
$15,500,000 to the I'nited States, whieh was paid by (ireat 
Britain, and apportioned among the claimant*. Claim 
In a service, in .sv<ir /, a petition addressed by the 
heir to the sheriff, in which he states his relationship to 
the deceased, and prays to be served heir to him. Con- 
tinual claim, in /', n claim that is reiterated from time 
to time in order that it may not be deemed abandoned. 
Court of Claims. See court. Timber claim, the right 
or assertion of right (under the acts of Congress to en- 
courage the growth of timber on western pralrie.si mi the 
part of one who has planted and maintained the rei|iiUiie 
number of acres of timber on public lands devoid of tim 
ber, and maintained them for a term of years, to have a 
urant of the quarter section or other smaller tract con- 
taining his plantation. To lay claim to, to demand as 
a right or rightful possession. 
youre name. 
2f. To call or name. 
And that in s< 
That aythei 
in so gret honoures put be 
er of thaim claymed is a kyng. 
A'OM. <>.fPartenay(E. E. T. s.) 
claimen, "cleimcn (cf. 
MOUfVrar. (after Icel. Norw. kleima) of clemen. 
seeing, lint peculiarly used in mesmerism, < 
iVniY. = !;. HI-HI; + mi/iiii/, ppr. of run; < L. 
fittcre, see: see ri/w.] I. <i. Of or pertaining 
to, or characterised by, the supposed faculty of 
clairvoyance, or of seeing or perceiving things 
not discernible by the senses. 
lam clam ruinnii. I'.Y/.v/v, Rehearsal (cd. Arber), iii. 1. 
A I reached up to lower the awning overhead, I had a 
I" 1 1 T '..</ mi i '.in. -i -lousiness that Home one was watching mo 
from below. ,1/nYiV/i. I'onkapog to 1'esth, p. II.".. 
II. n. A person possessing or supposed to 
possess the power of clairvoyance. 
Albert! . . . became in the end neither a great artist 
like Raphael, nor a great discoverer like Galileo, but 
rather a clairvoyant to whom the miracles of nature and 
of art lie open. J. A. S'/mundt, Italy and Greece, p. 'HI. 
, . . . remen, , . 
mod. dial. cleam,n.v. Cf. glaim.l 1 To stick- clairvoyante (klar-voi'ant), w. [F., fem. of 
n n/vPitiBBmPut CPrnv rlnirmyaat: see clairvoyant.] A female clair- 
3. To ask or demand by virtue of a right or 
asserted right to the possession of the thing 
demanded, or of authority to demand it; de- 
mand as a rigM or as due"; assert a right to: 
as, to claim obedience or respect; to claim an 
;iuvu* uiuj* uit/iww, ii. v. \ji, uim in. I A . AUBlldi; , 7 * .. 
1675 paste : as. to claim up an advertisement. [Prov **"?*"* Bee clairvoyant.-} 
-, A -., - verload . [Prov . Eng.] y o r n h,,- [ ? are - ] , 
,~-^,, a. [< ctaroi, r., + 5ible. C H52 ^S^i'i* 1 pl rD A varl ut ? , 8cotch $** 
; clamable.-] Capable of being cl *f ()i " [8c., = E. cloth, q. v.] 1. 
demanded as due: as, wages not ^ lotn - 
<lisniiuu-i I " B8 " a score 1' their last elaith. 
Burns, Death and I>r. Hornbook. 
If only one man hath a divine right to obedience, no 
body can claim that obedience but he that can shew his 
right. Locke. 
Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim 
Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again. 
Bryant, Thanatopsis. 
The Bible surely accords with the highest science when 
it claims the vegetable kingdom, with all its wonders, as 
a product of Almighty power. 
/in 'in, ,,. Nature and the Bible, p. 108. 
4. To hold or maintain as a fact or as true; 
assert as a fact, or as one's own belief or opin- 
ion: as, I claim that he is right. [Considered 
by many an inelegant use.] 
The flrste fader and foundour of gentilesse [i. e., Christ], 
What man that claymeth gentyl for to be, 
A wise man will . . . know that it is the part of pro- cl f*? 2 ^> Z $'' K&2&J9' '"*"'' ? I T 
deuce to face every claimant, and pay every Just demand eMKing. [E. dial. Cf. clatch 1 .} To scratch, 
on your time, your talents, or your heart. Grose. [Prov. Eng.] 
Emerson, Compensation. clake-gOOSe (klak'gfis), w. Same as clack-goose. 
2. In admiralty proceedings, a person admitted clam 1 (klam), n. [(1) Also clamm ; < ME. 'clam, 
to defend an action in rem brought against "damme, < AS. clam, clom (clamm-, clomm-), m., 
goods to which he claims a right. a band, bond, chain, fetter, in pi. clantmas, clom- 
claimer (kla'mer), n. A claimant; one who mas, fetters, confinement, = MIX klamme, a 
demands something as his due. [Bare.] clainp, hook, grapple, = MLG. klamme, LG. 
Till an agreement was made and the value of the ground klemme, a clamp, hook, = OHG. clamma, MHG. 
paid to the claimer klamme, klamm, a constriction, a narrow pass, 
Sr W. Temple, Introd. to Hist. Eng., p. 296. Q. dial, klamm, a spasm of the throat, a narrow 
claimless (klam'les), a. [< claim 1 , n., + -less.'} pass (cf. MHG. chlemme, klemme, G. klemme, a 
Having no claim. [Bare.] clamp, vise, a pinch, a narrow pass, dial, locked 
, , , , , , 
Moste folowe his tras. CAaur,Gentilesse,l. 2. claim-notice (klam no'tis), n. In the regions jaw), = Dan. klamme, a clamp, cramp, cramp- 
He never made known his history, and claimed he had ' the United States on the Pacific coast, a noti- iron (also klcm, force, klemme, a clamp, press, 
, , , , , , 
no relation living. Boston. Transcript, Feb. 7, 1876. fication posted by a miner or other settler upon pinch, strait), = 8w. kldmma, a press, = Norw. 
= Syn. 3. Request, Bey, etc. Seeast. a piece of public land, declaring his occupancy klemb, force, pressure, klemba, a clamp, press; 
claim 1 (klam), n. [Early mod. E. also claimc, or intended occupancy thereof. cf. (2) MHG. klamere, klamer, clam, hook, G. 
clame, < ME. claime, clamc, cleyme, < OF. claim, claimoust, a. [ME. cleymous; < claim? + -ous; 
clam =Pr. clam (ML. clameum), a challenge, = or var. of glaimous, q.v. Cf. clamma.] Sticky; 
Pg. clama (obs.), a protest; from the verb.] If. viscous. 
A cry; a call, as for aid. Clam, or cleymoui [var. gleymous], glutinosus, viscosus. 
I cald, but no man answerd to my clamc. Prompt. Pan., p. 79. 
klammer, a clamp, clamp-iron, brace, clincher, 
bracket, = Dan. klammer, a clamp, cramp, 
cramp-iron (Sw. Dan. klammer, brackets, < G.); 
and (3) MHG. klamber, klamuer, G. dial, klam- 
pcr = Norw. klcmber, klwmb = Icel. klombr, a 
2. A demand of a right or 
ing on another for something 
to be due : as, a claim of wages 
The King of Prussia lays in his claim for Neufchatel, as 
he did for the principality of Orange. 
Addison, Travels in Italy. 
A Prince of Wales, what between public claim* and social 
claims, finds little time for reading, after the period of 
childhood ; that is, at any period when he can compre- 
hend a great poet. De Quincey, Style, iv. 
mesmeric trance sounds which are not audible 
to the ear in the natural waking state. 2. An 
exercise of this power. 
The hallucinations, or clairvoyances, or clairaudienceg, 
or presentiments, that our "intelligence and veracity" 
A". A. Rev., CXLI. 256. 
cal verb clamp 1 , from the pret.*A7ni (AS.Vfaiw) 
of an assumed orig. verb, Teut. (Goth.) 'ktiman 
(AS. "climman), press or adhere together, stick, 
to which are also referred clam' 2 , clemZ = cleam 
= claim 2 (all more or less mixed with clam 1 ), 
doom, clamber, climb, climp 1 , etc. Clam 1 in 
; a just title to clairaudient (klar-a'di-ent), a. and n. [After ordinary use has been superseded by'ctainui, 
ssion or in the ^'^oyant (q v.); ; < F. clair, clear, + *a- 
another * L> *('-)! hearing: see clairaudi, 
3. A right to claim or demand, <. .p.... V AW w , - v .. -. . -_ x ~.r -^ , 
something in one's own possession or in the Sr^SJ &7''l: - C ' c ear> audtent > Q- v. With clam, clamp, compare cram, cramp, 
possession or at the disposal of another. i u a t " (tlen . (';)*' hearing: see clatraudtence.] which belong to a different group, but agree 
,u Christopher, in a long catalogue of virtues which L Pertamln g to or " nature of clair- closely in sense, and may be regarded as vari- 
audience. ations of the same orig. base.] 1. A clamp (see 
The clairaudient interconsciousness of friends a thou- 
sand miles apart. N. A. Ren., CXLI. 261. 
E[. n. One supposed to have the power of 
, - _ . clairaudience. 
ethan !'e C ,^ re ^ le - clear-cole (klar'-, kler'kol), . with which farmers' pull up weeds." 
The. lotto. f n ,,.,,.n,. v i:.v.^ . / w -i _ ki n( j ^ forceps used in weighing gold. 
he possessed to a very eminent degree, had not the small- 
est claim to that of patience, so very necessary to those 
that command armies. Bruce, Source of the Nile, II. 186. 
A thousand claims to reverence closed 
In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen. 
The post has no claim to infallibility any 
present. Stubbs, Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 22. 
4. 
cally, a piece of public land which a squatter 
for himself with the in- 
rcsem. owo, Mea.evai ana noaern nisi., p. **. [ The latt f. r f f m P artl y Englished ; < F. clair, = 
. The thing claimed or demanded; specif,- r &i^ l SL2SSi < rfS^M 
ally, a piecf of public land which a'sqSatter krS&25S5 tteTn&in " 
Hence 5. A piece of land obtained in this 
sociation in accordance with the local mining- 
laws of the district. These laws usually require that 
a certain amount of work be done, or money expended, in 
order to prevent the claim from being forfeited. Claims 
Same as chiaroscuro. 
As masters in the dare obscure 
With various light your eyes allure. 
Prior, Alma, ii. 25. 
clamp 1 ); in plural, forceps, pincers. Specifically 
(a) A clamp or vise of wood used by carpenters, etc. 
(6) Same as domjil. 1 (e). (c) Pincers or nippers of iron 
used in castrating horses, bulls, etc. [Scotch.] (d) A 
J of forceps or pincers with long wooden handles 
fProv. Eng.] () A 
__ ..__ [Scotch.] (/) See 
the extract. 
In the year 1818, Sir John Ross, in command of H. M. S. 
"Isabella," on a voyage of discovery for the purpose of 
exploring Baffin's Bay. invented a machine "for taking up 
soundings from the f>ottom of any fathomable depth, 
which he called a "deep-sea clamm." A large pair of 
forceps were kept asunder by a bolt, and the instrument 
was so contrived that on the bolt striking the ground, a 
heavy iron weight slipped down a spindle and closed the 
forceps, which retained within them a considerable quan- 
tity of the bottom, whether sand, mud, or small stones. 
Sir C. W. Thomson, Depths of the Sea, p. 209. 
2. A stick laid across a stream of water to serve 
a bridge. [Prov. Eng.] 3. A rat-trap. 
orer o preven e cam rom eng oree. ams _i_. ~ ~---e~ 
may also be made for water-rights, for mining purposes, Clairvoyance (klar-voi ans), n. [F., < clairroy- [Prov. Eng.] 
adjacent to streams. [Cordilleran mining region.) Ala- "<' see clairvoyant.'} 1. A power attributed clam 1 (klam). r. ; pret and pp clammed ppr 
in^ to persons in a mesmeric state, by which they damming. FChieflV dial., in part denomina- 
Hvatecrs buiir eTuippti' P nd ^supposed to discern objects concealed from tive of clam\ n., and in part a var. of clem 1 
sight, and to see what is happening at a dis- (AS. clemman, etc. : see clem 1 ) as the factitive 
of the orig. verb which is the common source 
during the civil war by privateers built, eq_ 
supplied in England, and sent out from British ports to 
prey on American commerce. The most famous of these 
tauce. 
