clamp

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a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
fasten or fix with a clamp
impose or inflict forcefully
Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together
An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together
A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen
One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising
A thick plank on the inner part of a ship´s side, used to sustain the ends of beams
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned
A mollusk
To fasten with a clamp or clamps
To cover, as vegetables, with earth
A heavy footstep
To tread heavily or clumsily

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