clamberer

clamberer
A person who clambers

The brave clamberer among the rocky cliffs of the North Sea hears, with a thrill of pleasure at his own daring, the echoes of the gun which has brought to his feet the wild bird whose downy plumage is to minister to the luxury of a distant clime


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  • clamberer — noun see clamber …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • clamberer — See clamber. * * * …   Universalium

  • clamberer — clam·ber·er …   English syllables

  • clamberer — m(b)ərə(r) noun ( s) : one that clambers; especially : a clambering plant …   Useful english dictionary

  • clamber — clamberer, n. /klam beuhr, klam euhr/, v.t., v.i. 1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. n. 2. an act or instance of clambering. [1325 75; ME clambren, equiv. to clamb (akin to CLIMB) + r ER6 + en inf. suffix] *… …   Universalium

  • clamber — intransitive verb (clambered; clambering) Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb Date: 14th century to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling) < clambered over the rocks > • clamberer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Jubilate Agno — (Latin, Rejoice in the Lamb ) is a religious poem by Christopher Smart, and was written between 1759 and 1763, during Smart s confinement for insanity in St. Luke s Hospital, Bethnal Green, London. The poem was first published in 1939, under the… …   Wikipedia

  • Арди (ардипитек) — …   Википедия

  • clamber — /ˈklæmbə / (say klambuh) verb (i) 1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. –noun 2. a clambering. {Middle English clambren, clameren, irregularly formed frequentative of climb; compare clamb, obsolete past tense of …  

  • clamber — [klam′bər] vi., vt. [ME clambren; akin to ON klembra, Ger (sich) klammern, to hook (oneself) on: for IE base see CLIMB] to climb with effort or clumsily, esp. by using the hands as well as the feet n. a clumsy or hard climb clamberer n …   English World dictionary

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