The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clem \Clem\ (kl[e^]m), v. t. & i. [Cf. clam to clog, or G.
   klemmen to pinch, Icel. kl["o]mbra, E. clamp.]
   To starve; to famish. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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