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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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Clĭng'stōne, n. p. 239A variety of peach, whose pulp adheres closely to the stone.Clĭng'y, a. p. 239Apt to cling; adhesive.Clĭn'ic or Clĭn'ic-al, a. p. 239Pertaining to a bed; confined to a bed by illness; bed-ridden. Clinical baptism, that administered to persons on a sick-bed.—Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse delivered at the bedside of the sick…Clĭn'ic, n. p. 239One confined to the bed by sickness. 2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick-bed. [Obs.] Hook. 3. A clinique. See CLINIQUE.Clĭn'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 239In a clinical manner; by the bedside.Clin-ïque', n. p. 239An examination of diseased persons by medical professors in presence of their pupils;—so called because at first it took place at the bedside of the diseased.Clin'i-ŭm, n. p. 240Same as CLINANTHIUM, q. v.Clink, v. t. p. 240To make a small, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds, as by striking small metallic or other sonorous bodies together; to ring. “The clinking latch.” Tennyson. The severed bars Submissive…Clĭnk, n. p. 240A sharp sound, made by the collision of small sonorous bodies. “Clink of swords.” Shak. ☞ Spenser speaks of “creeping close behind the wicket’s clink,” which Johnson understands as meaning a knocker…Clin'k'ant, a. p. 240See CLINQUANT.Clink'er, n. p. 240A mass composed of several bricks united together by the action of the heat in the kiln. Brande. 2. Vitrified matter formed in furnaces where anthracite coal is used; scoria, or refuse of a furnace…Clink'er-built, a. p. 240Same as CLINCHER-BUILT.Clink'stōne, n. p. 240(Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition like porphyry, but lamellar, of a grayish or bluish color, and clinking under the hammer. Dana.Clī'no-dī-ăg'o-nal, a. p. 240(Crystallog.) Pertaining to the clinodiagonal; in the direction of the clinodiagonal. Dana.Clī'no-dī-ăg'o-nal, n. p. 240(Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vertical axis. See CRYSTALLIZATION.Clī'no-dōme, n. p. 240(Crystallog.) A dome or horizontal prism parallel to the clinodiagonal.Clī'no-grăph'ie, a. p. 240(Crystallog.) Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.Clī'noid, a. p. 240(Anat.) Resembling a bed or bedstead;—said of the four processes of the sphenoid bone, from their resemblance to the knobs of a bedstead.Clī-nŏm'e-ter, n. p. 240An instrument for measuring the dip of mineral strata. Ure.Clin'o-mē'tric, a. p. 240(Min.) Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems. Dana.Clī-nŏm'e-try, n. p. 240(Geol.) The practice or method of measuring the inclination of strata.Cling′ant, n. p. 240Tinsel; false glitter.Clinquant, a. p. 240Glittering; dressed in tinsel finery. Shak.Clī'o, n. p. 240(Myth.) The muse who presided over history.Clip, v. t. p. 240To embrace; hence, to encompass. [Obs.] That Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak. 2. To cut off, as with shears or scissors; to separate by a…Clip, v. i. p. 240(Falconry.) To move swiftly;—usually with it. Some falcon stoops at what her eye designed, And, with her eagerness, the quarry missed, Straight flies at check, and clips it down the wind. Dryden.Clip, n. p. 240An embrace; that is, a throwing the arms round. Sidney. 2. A cutting; a shearing. 3. The product of a single shearing of sheep. 4. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U.…Clip'per, n. p. 240One who clips; especially, one who cuts off the edges of coin. The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke. 2. (Naut.) A vessel built for fast sailing, commonly having the bow…Clip’ping, n. p. 240The act of encircling with the arms, or of embracing. Tuberville. 2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing. Clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money.…Clique, n. p. 240A narrow circle of persons; a party; — used commonly in a bad sense.Cliq'uish, a. p. 240Relating to a clique or party. Ogilvie.Cliq'uism, n. p. 240The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques; party spirit.Cliv'ers, n. p. 240See CLEAVERS.Cliv'i-ty, n. p. 240Inclination; ascent or descent; gradient.Clo-ā'cā or CLO-ā'cē, n. p. 240A sewer, or underground conduit, for conveying away water or impurities; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome. 2. A house of office; a privy. 3. (Physiol.) The excretory opening at the extremity of the…Clo-ā'cal, a. p. 240Pertaining to a cloaca; as, the cloacal orifice.Clōak or Clōke, n. p. 240A loose, outer garment worn over other clothes both by men and women. Their cloaks were cloth of silver mixed with gold. Dryden. 2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair…Clōak or Clōke, v. t. p. 240To cover with a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal. Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spencer. Syn.—See PALLIATE.Cloak'-bāg, n. p. 240A bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau.Cloak'ed-ly, adv. p. 240In a concealed manner.Clōak'ing, n. p. 240The act of concealing any thing. “To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.” Strype. 2. The material of which cloaks are made; cloth for cloaks. Simmonds.Clō'chard, n. p. 240A belfry. [Obs.] Weaver.Clŏck, n. p. 240An instrument or machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial-plate. It usually includes a train of wheel-work moved by weights or springs…Clöck, v. t. p. 240To call. [Rare.] See Cluck.Clŏck'-work, n. p. 240Machinery and movements of a clock; machinery resembling that of a clock.Clŏd, n. p. 240A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. “Clods of a slimy substance.” Carew. The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod.…Clŏd, v. i. p. 240To collect into concretions, or a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See CLOT. Milton.Clŏd, v. t. p. 240To pelt with clods. Johnson.Clŏd'dy, a. p. 240Consisting of clods; abounding with clods. 2. Earthy; mean; gross. Shak.Clŏd'-hŏp'per, n. p. 240A rude, rustic fellow; a clown; a dolt; a bumpkin; a plowman.Clod'pāte, n. p. 240A stupid fellow; a dolt; a thick-skull; a blockhead.Clŏd'pāt/ed, a. p. 240Stupid; dull; doltish. Arbuthnot.Clŏd'pōl, n. p. 240A stupid fellow; a dolt; a blockhead; a clodpate. Shak.Clōff, n. p. 240See CLOUGH.Clōg, v. t. p. 240To encumber, as with a burden; to load, especially with something that sticks fast; to hamper. The wings of the birds were clogged with ice and snow. Dryden. 2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in…Clŏg, v. i. p. 240To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter. In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. Sharp. 2. To coalesce or adhere. Move it sometimes…Clōg, n. p. 240That which hinders motion; an impediment; an embarrassment; a restraint. All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong…Clōg'gī-ness, n. p. 240The state of being clogged.Clōg'ging, n. p. 240Any thing which clogs. More.Clŏg'gy, a. p. 240Clogging, or having power to clog; thick; gross; adhesive. Boyle.