Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Clāy'-cōld, a. p. 237Cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. Rowe.Clāyes, n. pl. p. 237(Fort.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. [Obs.] Chambers.Clāy'ey, a. p. 237Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.Clāy'ish, a. p. 237Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.Clāy'-märl, n. p. 237A whitish, smooth, chalky clay. Mortimer.Clāy'mōre, n. p. 237A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.Clāy'-slāte, n. p. 237(Min.) Argillaceous schist; argillite. Dana.Clēad'ing, n. p. 237The jacket or outer covering of the cylinder of a steam-engine; the wooden covering of a locomotive boiler. Weale.Clēan, a. p. 237Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes. 2. Free from that which is injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber. 3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dextrous; as, a clean…Clēan, adv. p. 237Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. “Domestic broils clean overblown.” Shak. All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17. 2. Without miscarriage…Clēan, v. t. p. 237To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, noxious, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse.Clēan'er, n. p. 237One who, or that which, cleans.Clēan'ing, n. p. 237The act of making clean. 2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, &c. Gardiner.Clēan'li-ly, adv. p. 237In a cleanly manner. [Rare.] Craig.Clēan′lĭmbed, a. p. 237With well-proportioned limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.Clēan'li-ness, n. p. 237Freedom from dirt, filth, or extraneous matter. 2. Neatness of person or dress; purity. “Cleanliness from head to heel.” Swift.Clēan'ly, a. p. 237Habitually clean; free from any foul matter; carefully avoiding defilement. “Some plain but cleanly country maid.” Dryden. 2. Free from injurious or defiling influence; innocent; pure. “Cleanly…Clēan'ly, adv. p. 237In a clean manner; neatly. “He was very cleanly dressed.” Dickens.Clēan'ness, n. p. 237State or quality of being clean; freedom from dirt, filth, and foreign matter; neatness. 2. Freedom from infection or a foul disease. 3. Freedom from inexactness or error; correctness; purity. “The…Clēans'a-ble, a. p. 237Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.Clēanse, v. t. p. 237To render clean; to free from filth, pollution, infection, guilt, or the like; to clean. Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. Shak. Cleanse the pale corpse…Clēans'er, n. p. 237One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot.Clēan'-tim'bered, a. p. 237Well-proportioned; symmetrical. [Obs.] Shak.Clear, n. p. 237(Carp.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially, the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.Clear, a. p. 237Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; undimmed. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham. The clear sun on his wide watery glass gazed not. Milton. 2. Free from indistinctness or…Clear, adv. p. 237In a clear manner; plainly. Now clear I understood What oft my steadiest thoughts have searched in vain. Milton. 2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.Clear, v. t. p. 237To free from whatever obstructs sight; to render bright, transparent, or undimmed; as, to clear the sight. Chapman. He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden. 2. To free from obscurity…Clear, v. i. p. 2371 To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; — often followed by up, off, or away. So foul a sky clears not without a storm. Shak. Advise him to stay till the weather clears up. Swift. 2. To…Clear'age, n. p. 237The act of removing any thing; clearance. [Rare.] Todd.Clear'ance, n. p. 237The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance. 2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the custom-house; permission to sail. Every ship was subject to seizure for want of…Clear'ed-ness, n. p. 237The quality of being cleared. Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. Fuller.Clear'er, n. p. 237One who, or that which, clears, purifies, or enlightens; that which brightens. 2. (Naut.) A tool on which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sail-makers, is finished.Clear'ing, n. p. 237The act or process of making clear. 2. A place or tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation. [U. S.] 3. (Banking.) A method adopted by banks and bankers for making exchanges and settling…Clear'ing-house, n. p. 237(Com.) The place where the business of clearing is carried on. Wharton.Clear'ly, adv. p. 237In a clear manner; without obscurity; without obstruction; without entanglement or confusion; without uncertainty; without mixture or defilement; without defect or blemish; without reserve, evasion…Clearness, n. p. 238The state of being clear; free from whatever obscures, obstructs, injures, defiles, &c.; as, the clearness of the sky from clouds. See CLEAR. Syn. — CLEARNESS, PERSPICUITY. Clearness has reference to…Clear'-see'ing, a. p. 238Having a clear sight or understanding.Clear'-shin'ing, a. p. 238Shining with brightness, or unobstructed splendor. Shak.Clear'-sight'ed, a. p. 238Seeing with clearness; having acuteness of sight; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason; a clear-sighted judge.Clear'-sight'ed-ness, n. p. 238Acute discernment.Clear'-starch, v. t. p. 238To stiffen with starch, and then clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clear-starch muslin.Clear'-stärch'er, n. p. 238One who clear-starches.Clear'-stō'ry, n. p. 238(Arch.) An upper story, or row of windows in a church, tower, or other erection, rising clear above the adjoining parts of the building. [Written also clere-story, and cler-story.] Oxf. Gloss.Clēar'-stŭff, n. p. 238Boards, &c., free from knots.Clēat, n. p. 238(Carp.) A narrow strip of wood nailed to something for the purpose of affording strength or of securing a piece of work in its proper position. 2. (Naut.) A piece of wood, having different forms…Clēat, v. t. p. 238To strengthen with a cleat. Halliwell.Clēav'a-ble, a. p. 238Capable of cleaving or being divided.Cleav'age, n. p. 238The act of cleaving or splitting. 2. (Crystallog.) The quality of splitting or dividing naturally; direction of dividing plane. 3. (Geol.) Division into laminæ, like slate, with the lamination not…Cleave, v. i. p. 238To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin’s rotten trunk. Couper. 2. To unite or be united closely in interest or…Cleave, v. t. p. 238To part or divide by force; to split or rive. At their passing cleave the Assyrian flood, . . . As the Red Sea and Jordan once he cleft. Milton. 2. To part or open naturally; to divide. “Every beast…Clēave, v. i. p. 238To part; to open; to crack; to separate, as parts of cohering bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost. The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof. Zech. xiv. 4.Cleave'land-ite, n. p. 238(Min.) A variety of albite, white, and lamellar in structure. Dana.Cleav'er, n. p. 238One who cleaves, or that which cleaves, especially a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.Cleav'ers, n. p. 238(Bot.) A species of Galium (G. aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with;—called also catch-weed, &c. London.Clēche, n. p. 238[Fr. cléchē, croix cléchée; Lat. clavis, key. (Her.) A kind of cross, charged with another cross of the same figure, but of the color of the field. Craig.Clēdge, n. p. 238(Mining.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.