different between blem vs clem

English

Etymology 1

Adjective

blem (comparative more blem, superlative most blem)

1. Abbreviation of blemished sometimes used on online auction sites

Noun

blem (plural blems)

1. (informal) A blemished item.
   • 1997, Michael I. Niman, People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia (page 6)

     They're all blems. They're from the dumpster behind an apple-waxing plant in Washington State.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bl?m]

Noun

blem (countable and uncountable, plural blems)

1. (MLE) A cigarette, spliff or another intoxicant preparation for smoking.

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bl?m]

Verb

blem (third-person singular simple present blems, present participle blemming, simple past and past participle blemmed)

1. (slang, MLE, regional African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of blam (“to shoot”)

Anagrams

• Melb

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

Compare clam (“to clog”), or German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, adhere (to a surface)”), Icelandic klmbra, English clamp.

Verb

clem (third-person singular simple present clems, present participle clemming, simple past and past participle clemmed)

1. (Britain, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve.
   • 1889, Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr, Between Two Loves, Ch. VI, p. 110:

     " […] Here he's back home again, and without work, and without a penny, and thou knows t' little one and I were pretty well clemmed to death when thou got us a bit o' bread and meat last night. We were that!"

2. To stick, adhere.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Possibly from clementine, a small round citrus fruit.

Noun

clem (plural clems)

1. (Tyneside, vulgar, slang) A testicle.

References

• clem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• ECML