the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
v. To starve; to famish.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To pinch; compress; stop up by pressure; clog.
To pinch with hunger; starve.
To die of hunger; starve.
A variant of cleam.
Same as clam.
Word Usage
"alan, it's a good thing that there are men out there like you, hawaiian mark, bill, and my man "clem", to balance out the mess the mean ones make of things. parents out there? raise kind, caring men. they are at a premium, it seems."