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单词 at a clamp
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at a clamp
4. In other obsolete uses: see quots. at a clamp has been explained as ‘at a pinch’, i.e. ‘in a moment’, but this is doubtful.
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a1400–50 Alexander 3263 All werldly þing, I-wis, þurȝe þe will of oure lord, In-to þe contrare clene is at a clamp turned.
1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. F.jv How ere their gownes, be gathred in the backe, With organe pipes, of old king Henries clampe.
1674 J. Ray N. Countrey Words in Coll. Eng. Words 14 Clamps, irons at the ends of Fires, to keep up the Fewel. In other places called Creepers or Dogs.
1746 H. Miles in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 44 56 A Clamp of Iron, such as is used for heating Box-Irons for smoothing Linen-Clothes.
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