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beclam

The English word “beclam” has 1 meaning listed here.

verb

  1. To beclog with anything clammy or sticky.

Etymology

From Middle English *beclammen, from Old English beclæmman, beclemman, from Proto-West Germanic *biklammjan, equivalent to be- + clam. Cognate with West Frisian beklamme, beklamje, Dutch beklemmen, German Low German beklemmen, German beklemmen.

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