Obs. exc. dial. Also 6 clomme. [cf. CLAM v.3, CLUM sb.2] trans. To seize, clutch.
1594. Carew, Tasso (1881), 77. Let weapons some against their leader clomme.
1598. [R. Carew], Herrings Tayle, A 3 b (N.). Some, in their griping tallants, clum a ball of brasse.
1883. Hampshire Gloss., Clum, to handle roughly or clumsily.
1886. Barnes, Dorset Dial., Clum, to clutch roughly or clumsily.
Clum, clumben, -yn, clummen, -in, obs. pa. pples. of CLIMB v.
