clomb

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now dialectal past tense of climb

clomb

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variant of cloam

Word History

Etymology

clomb, past, from Middle English, alteration of clamb, from Old English, past of climban to climb; clomb, past participle, from Middle English, alteration of clomben, clumben, from Old English clumben, past participle of climban

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