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Example sentences for "clamp"

Lexicographically close words:
clamour; clamoured; clamouring; clamourous; clamours; clamped; clamping; clamps; clams; clamshell
  1. Never clamp the instrument too tightly to the tripod-head.

  2. Fifth: Release the azimuth-clamp and set the telescope as nearly as possible on the object, then clamp and set the vertical cross-hair exactly by turning the azimuth slow-motion screw.

  3. Give the signals for the following: Clamp or Halt; Ready.

  4. First: Set the graduated circle and index-disc to read the known azimuth of a visible object and clamp (the eccentric-crank being in gear).

  5. This is done by loosening the azimuth-clamp and setting one level parallel to two opposite leveling-screws, then turn these two screws either both inward toward the spindle-head or both outward until the bubble comes in the middle.

  6. Clamp or Halt: Raise either arm to a horizontal position, fingers closed.

  7. Second: Set the index-disc to read the hundredths by turning the index-knob and clamp the index.

  8. In the case of vessels which it is undesirable to occlude permanently, such as the common carotid, the temporary application of a ligature or clamp is useful.

  9. For such contingencies also the steel skewers used by Spence and Wyeth, or a special clamp or forceps, such as that suggested by Lynn Thomas, may be employed.

  10. The screw clamp on the exit tube is loosened and the gas passes into the bottle of water and charges it, in the case when sulphureted hydrogen is required.

  11. A large washer and nut clamp each wheel to the axle so that it will turn with it.

  12. As this was my case, I constructed a bench equipment that I could easily clamp to the kitchen or other table and thus have the necessary tools at hand for work.

  13. When pulling on the tie pin the arms of the holder tend to draw together and clamp it on the pin.

  14. If the clamp is located over or in front of the bench post, holes must be bored in the latter to admit the ends of the clamp screws.

  15. The clamp for holding the heating coil in place is shown in Fig.

  16. Picture-Frame and Triangle Clamp A picture frame or triangle is quite difficult to hold together when fitting the corners.

  17. A clamp made of spring brass, as shown, was screwed securely to the board, to clamp the socket firmly.

  18. Clamp the pieces to the corner blocks and bore the 1/4-in.

  19. When the shellac is thoroughly dry, warm the stone again to melt the shellac, and clamp the pieces together.

  20. The ends of the wire should clamp the spool slightly and the loop in the wire will keep it from rolling.

  21. The picture-frame clamp consists of the four arms A, B, C and D, Fig.

  22. The clamp will also allow the heating coil to be removed for repairs without injury to the mug.

  23. A clamp around the revolving shaft or fly wheel of the motor resists the motion by its friction, the work thus absorbed being ascertained by observing the force required to keep the clamp from revolving with the shaft; a Prony brake.

  24. A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

  25. A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler while allowing lengthwise motion.

  26. A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.

  27. To remove cable armours, clamp the conductor firmly in the armour cutter and with a pair of cutting pliers back the armour off, one strip at a time, to the point of contact with the cutting edge of the tool.

  28. In the case of flexible conduits, the entering ends of the conduits are provided with clamp bushings which are secured to the outlet by means of lock nuts.

  29. A clamp for holding the thrums or rags of a mop.

  30. They clamp one piece of wood to the end of another, to keep it from casting, or warping.

  31. Defn: A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe.

  32. Coopering) Defn: A kind of clamp with gimlet points for holding a barrel head while the staves are being closed around it.

  33. He'd held it in a small clamp while he tested it.

  34. The clamp overturned and broke the contact with the battery before the winding wire stretched to breaking-point.

  35. The skeins, having countersunk outer ends, are placed on the ends of the axle, and nuts having a beveled face corresponding to the countersunk ends of the skeins, are placed on the ends of the rod, and clamp the skeins securely on the axle.

  36. As they left the house, Mrs. Clamp sat down in the silent room.

  37. The odious control of Squire Clamp would end.

  38. Mrs. Clamp had not been seen once out of doors.

  39. Then Squire Clamp had induced her by threats and bribes to get for him the papers.

  40. It was on Tuesday evening, the night preceding the Probate Court to which Squire Clamp had been cited.

  41. I have heard, too, that Squire Clamp is about to marry Mrs. Kinloch, and that he actually has procured the license.

  42. Squire Clamp went to bed moody, if not enraged; but when, on waking, he found his wife still absent, he became alarmed.

  43. We leave Squire Clamp and his new wife to their happiness; it would not be well to lift the decent veil which drops over their household.

  44. Completely baffled, dumb and despairing, Squire Clamp and his bride left the room and drove homeward.

  45. She believed more than ever that Clamp had used Lucy to abstract her papers, and that he now would hold his power over her to bring about the hated marriage.

  46. These are arranged along the bar with a given number clamped under a metal piece, and when a needle breaks this clamp is removed at that region only which obviates needles being uncovered for the whole width.

  47. These leads are fixed together in a bar which lifts in sections, and to replace any needle the clamp is unscrewed, the lead lifted out, and a new one inserted in its place.

  48. Little by little I let up on the clamp on her wounded left arm, dribbling the poisoned blood into her system, so that the antidote could react with it gradually.

  49. I was about to freeze him with a clamp on his thyroid.

  50. Much depended on the curve, for the thing was made on the model of an old-fashioned but efficient clamp that carpenters sometimes use for fastening work to a bench.

  51. A heavy ingot of iron was raised by a clamp that fastened itself upon it, coming from nowhere.

  52. A clamp of artificial matter took it, and held the paper-thin sheet, many feet square, in the air.

  53. The use of this screw is to clamp the needle point.

  54. With such a model, and the pallets made to clamp with small set-screws, and roller constructed so the jewel pin could be set to or from the staff, this matter can be reduced to object lessons.

  55. We clamp the bridge F to A so the hole b comes central on the line a, and using the holes e e in F as guides, drill or mark the corresponding holes e' e' and b in the main plate for the pillars E E' and the pallet staff.

  56. The usual way is to heat a piece of metal and place it in close proximity to the pallets, or to heat a pair of pliers and clamp the pallet arms to soften the cement.

  57. The idea is, when the clamp A B is slipped on the pallet staff the index hand A' will extend outward, as shown in Fig.

  58. In using the little instrument for determining angular motion that we have just described, care must be taken that the spring clamp which embraces the pallet staff does not slip.

  59. There are V-ways upon the upper edge of the latter, and the block B is split and arranged to clamp over the ways by the screw shown at S.

  60. The hole for the scriber in the scriber clamp of a surface gage is reamed out to fit the rods used with inside micrometers.

  61. Once the cap was in place, Alec moved up to the gauge and put a lock clamp on the cap and then picked up the gauge and moved back up the ramp.

  62. Someone's got to go down there and clamp some plastic blocks in the right place on the pile housing.

  63. Alec unclamped the seat belt, then slammed his magnetic clamp suit boots against the outer plates of the carrier.

  64. During the entire operation, neither man spoke and on shore, the listeners could hear only the heavy breathing of the pair and an occasional muffled sound of a clamp going into place.

  65. A thumb screw is arranged at the outside end of the tube, by means of which pressure can be applied to clamp it up between the washers to the desired extent.

  66. All being dry and warm, clamp the machine to a table and turn the handle.

  67. Thoroughly wipe the handle N, the clamp I, and the arm K L--everything that could bring a speck of grit upon the pewter.

  68. Clamp the lampholders to the back of a chair or other vertical support.

  69. Put the shielded lamp guard on the socket and tighten the holding clamp until it is firmly in place.

  70. These leaf-shaped expansions oppose each other accurately, and on the narrow part of the blade above them there slides a rectangular catch which serves to clamp the blades and fix them like the jaws of a vice.

  71. The form with the crosspiece may be seen in use by travelling crockery menders, who drill holes in broken pottery and clamp the pieces with rivets.

  72. In such a case the application of a cord to clamp the jaws together would be a distinct convenience.


  73. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clamp" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    affix; anchor; annex; astringent; attach; belay; bite; brace; button; cement; cinch; clamp; clasp; clench; clinch; cling; clutch; compress; cramp; crush; embrace; fasten; fastener; fix; foothold; footing; girth; graft; grapple; grasp; grip; gripe; hold; hug; instrument; knit; lacing; moor; nip; pincers; pinch; press; purchase; secure; squeeze; stack; styptic; tenure; tighten; tool; trim; tweak; wad