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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Clā'vis, n. p. 237A key; an explanation of something difficult to be understood.Clā'vy, n. p. 237(Arch.) A mantel-piece.Claw, n. p. 237A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. 2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pincers of a lobster, crab, and the like. 3. Any thing resembling the claw of an animal, as…Claw, v. t. p. 237To pull, tear, or scratch with claws or nails. 2. To relieve, as by scratching, from some uneasy sensation; to tickle;—hence, to flatter; to court. Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the…Claw'back, n. p. 237A flatterer or mean sycophant.Claw'-back, a. p. 237Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]Claw'-back, v. t. p. 237To flatter. [Obs.]Clawed, a. p. 237Furnished with claws. Grew.Claw'less, a. p. 237Destitute of claws.Claw'-sick'ness, n. p. 237A disease affecting the feet of sheep; the foot-rot.Clāy, n. p. 237A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of alumina, the characterizing ingredient to which it owes its plasticity, and silica, with water. It is the result of the…Clāy, v. t. p. 237To cover or manure with clay. Mortimer. 2. To purify and whiten with clay, as sugar. Edwards.Clāy'-brāined, a. p. 237Stupid; dull. [Obs.] Shak.