Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Clāsh, v. i. p. 236To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together. 2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come in collision; to interfere. However some of his interests…Clăsh, v. t. p. 236To strike noisily against.Clăsh, n. p. 236A meeting of bodies with violence; a striking together with noise; collision, or noisy collision, of bodies. “The roll of cannon and clash of arms.” Tennyson. 2. Opposition; contradiction, as between…Clăsh'ing-ly, adv. p. 236With clashing.Clăsp, n. p. 236A catch, or flattened hook, for holding together the parts of any thing, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, &c. 2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around.Clăsp, v. t. p. 236To shut or fasten together with a clasp. 2. To inclose and hold in the hand, or with the arms; to embrace; to grasp. He . . . clasped the hero’s knees, and prayed. Dryden. 3. To surround and cling…Clăsp'er, n. p. 236One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham.Clásp'ered, a. p. 236Furnished with tendrils.Clăsp'-knife, n. p. 236A large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. Johnson.Clăsp'-lŏck, n. p. 236A lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.Clăss, n. p. 236A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes. 2. A number of students in a school or…Clăss, v. t. p. 236To form into a class; to arrange in classes; to rank together; to classify or refer to some class or group in classification; as, to class scholars; to class words or passages. In scientific…Cläss, v. i. p. 236To be grouped or classed. “Family under which it classes.” Tatham.Cläss'i-ble, a. p. 236Capable of being classed.Clās'sic or Clās'sic-al, a. p. 236Of the first class or rank; superior in dignity or authority; especially in literature or art; — originally and chiefly used of the best Greek and Roman writers, but also applied to the best modern…Clăs'sic, n. p. 236A work of acknowledged excellence and authority; — commonly used of the Greek and Latin authors, but also applied to the best modern authors, and their works; as, to study the classics. It at once…Clăs'sĭc-al-ism, n. p. 236A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.Clăs'si-căl'i-ty or Clăs'si-cal-nĕss, n. p. 236The quality of being classical. Carlyle.Clăs'si-cal-ly, adv. p. 236In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors. 2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.Clăs'si-çĭsm, n. p. 236A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.Clăs'si-cist, n. p. 236One skilled in classical learning, or in the classics; a classic.Clās'si-fi-a-ble, a. p. 236Capable of being classified.Clas-sif'ic, a. p. 236Constituting a class or classes; distributed into sets.Clās'si-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 236The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, &c., according to some common relations or affinities. Artificial classification (Nat. Hist.), an…Clās'si-fi-ca-to-ry, a. p. 236Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.Clās'si-fy, v. t. p. 236To make a class or classes; to distribute into classes; to arrange in sets according to some common properties or characters; to systematize; to exhibit, in an arrangement, the order or systems of…Clās'sis, n. p. 236A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.] “His opinion of that classis of men.” Clarendon. 2. (Eccl.) An association or convention having juridical power in certain churches; an ecclesiastical judicatory.Clāss'man, n. p. 236A scholar examined for his degree, according to his merit;—corresponding to optime and wrangler at Cambridge. [Oxford. Eng.] Ogilvie.Clăss'māte, n. p. 236One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.Clāth'rate, a. p. 236(Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray.Clăt'ter, v. i. p. 236To make rattling sounds; to make repeated and abrupt sounds, as by striking hard bodies. “Clattering loud with iron clank.” Longfellow. 2. To make empty and noisy talk; to rattle with the tongue; to…Clăt'ter, v. t. p. 236To strike and make a rattling noise. You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.Clăt'ter, n. p. 236A repeated rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt sounds. “The clatter of street-pacing steeds.” Cowper.Clăt'ter-er, n. p. 236One who clatters; a babbler.Clăt'ter-ing-ly, adv. p. 236With clattering.Clau'dent, a. p. 236Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [Rare.] Johnson.Clau'di-cant, a. p. 236Halting; limping. [Rare.]Clau'di-cāte, v. i. p. 236To halt or limp. [Obs.] Bailey.Clau'di-cā'tion, n. p. 236A halting or limping. [Rare.] Tatler.Clause, n. p. 236A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in any legal document. “The usual attestation clause to a will.” Bouvier. 2. (Gram.) A portion of a…Claus'tral, a. p. 236Relating to a cloister, or religious house. Claustral prior, one who governs a priory by commendam, deriving his jurisdiction wholly from an abbot. Ayliffe.Claus'ū-lar, a. p. 236Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart.Claus'ūre, n. p. 236The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [Rare.] Geddes.Clā'vāte, a. p. 236Clā'vā-ted p. 236Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.Clāve, imp. p. 236of cleave. [Obs.]Clā'v'e-çīn, n. p. 236The harpsichord.Clā'vel, n. p. 236See CLEVY.Clăv'el-lā'ted, a. p. 236Obtained from billets of wood;—said of potash, in its various forms, in reference to its having been obtained from billets or clubs of wood by burning, &c.Clāv'er, v. i. p. 236To talk loudly. [Scot.] As gude a man . . . as ever ye heard claver in a pulpit. W. Scott.Clāv'er, n. p. 236Clover. [Obs.] See CLOVER. Holland.Clā'vi-a-ry, n. p. 236(Mus.) An index of keys, or a scale of lines and spaces.Clā'vi-chōrd, n. p. 236(Mus.) A keyed, stringed instrument, now superseded by the piano-forte. See CLARICHORD.Clāv'i-cle, n. p. 237(Anat.) The collar-bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder-blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breast-bone.Clāv'i-cŏrn, n. p. 237(Entom.) One of a group of beetles, having club-shaped antennae.Cla·viē'ū·lar, a. p. 237(Anat.) Of, or pertaining to, the collar-bone.Clā'vi-er, n. p. 237(Mus.) The key-board of an organ, piano-forte, or harmonium.Clāvĭ-fōrm, a. p. 237(Bot.) Club-shaped;—said of organs and appendages of plants. Craig.Clāv'i-ger, n. p. 237One who keeps the keys of any place. 2. One who carries a club.Cla-vīg'er-oŭs, a. p. 237Bearing a club or a key.