Clēm1, v. i.
[Prov. Eng. clam, to emaciate, pinch, Ger. klemmen, to pinch, O. H. Ger. chlemman, O. Sax. chlemmian, Icel. klemma.] To starve. [Obs.]
Hard is the choice when the valiant must eat their arms or clem. B. Jonson.
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Clem
Clēm2, v. t.
To starve; to famish. [Obs.]
What! will he clem me and my followers? B. Jonson.