Clam"or (?), n. [OF.
clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L.
clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See Claim.]
1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and
continued shouting or exclamation. Shak.
2. Any loud and continued noise.
Addison.
3. A continued expression of
dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
Macaulay.
Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
Clam"or, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Clamored (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Clamoring.] 1. To salute
loudly. [R.]
The people with a shout
Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
Milton.
2. To stun with noise. [R.]
Bacon.
3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to
shout.
Clamored their piteous prayer
incessantly.
Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so
as to produce a loud clang.
Bp. Warbur&?;ion.
Clam"or, v. i. To utter loud
sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make
importunate demands.
The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.
Shak.
