Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Cloud’age, n. p. 242Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [Rare.] “A scudding cloudage of shapes.” Coleridge.Cloud'-bĕr'ry, n. p. 242(Bot.) A species of bramble, Rubus chamaemorus, the fruit of which is sometimes eaten. London.Cloud'-bôrn, a. p. 242Born of a cloud. Dryden.Cloud'-cāpt, a. p. 242Capped with clouds; touching the clouds; lofty. “The cloud-capt towers.” Shak.Cloud'-com-pĕl'ler, n. p. 242He who collects clouds; Jove; Jupiter.Cloud'-com-pĕl'ling, a. p. 242Collecting or driving clouds; as, cloud-compelling Jove. Dryden.Cloud'i-ly, adv. p. 242With clouds; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.Cloud'i-nēss, n. p. 242The state of being cloudy.Cloud'less, a. p. 242Being without a cloud; unclouded; clear; bright; luminous. “A cloudless winter sky.” Bancroft.Cloud'less-ly, adv. p. 242Without clouds.Cloud'let, n. p. 242A small cloud. “Eve’s first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping.” Coleridge.Cloud'y, a. p. 242Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky. 2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds. As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended. Ex. xxxiii. 9. 3. Lacking…Clough, n. p. 242A cleft in a hill; a narrow valley between two hills. Nares.Clōugh, n. p. 242An allowance of two pounds in every hundred weight, after tare and tret have been deducted, for the turn of the scale, that the commodity may hold out in retailing. [Written also clof.] 2. A kind of…Clout, n. p. 242A piece of cloth, leather, &c., used to fill up or cover a hole, or for any other purpose; a patch. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts. With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser.…Clout, v. t. p. 242To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to patch; to mend. They . . . took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old and rent, and bound up, and old shoes, and clouted upon their…Clout'er-ly, a. p. 242Bungling; ill-formed; clumsy; awkward. [Obs.] “Rough-hewn, clouterly verses.” Phillips.Clout'-näil, n. p. 242A nail used for securing clouts or small patches of iron, &c. Halliwell. 2. A nail with a large head for arming the soles of shoes.Clō'vāte, a. p. 242(Conch.) Thicker toward the top and elongated toward the base;—said of a shell. Gilbert.Clōve, imp. p. 242of cleave. [Obs.] Spenser.clōve, n. p. 242A cleft; a fissure; a gap; a ravine; — rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove, or the Stony Clove.clōve, n. p. 242A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower-bud of the clove tree, Caryophyllus aromaticus, a native of the Molucca Isles. Loudon. 2. [A-S. clufe, an ear of corn, a clove of garlic, from…Clōve'-gīl'ly-flōw-er, n. p. 242(Bot.) A species of Dianthus (D. caryophyllus), bearing a beautiful flower; —called also carnation-pink and clove-pink. Loudon.Clōve'-hitch, n. p. 242(Naut.) A hitch formed with a rope, leaving the ends to reach out in contrary directions: it is formed by two half-hitches round a spar or other rope. Totten.Clōve'-hōok, n. p. 242(Naut.) An iron clasp in two parts moving on the same pivot and overlapping each other, used for bending chain-sheets to the clews of sails. Ogilvie.Clō'ven, p. p. p. 242from cleave.Clō'ven-fōōt'ed or Clō'ven-hoofed, a. p. 242Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.Clōve'-pink, n. p. 242The clove-gillyflower or carnation pink.Clō'ver or Clō'ver-grāss, n. p. 242(Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense; the white, T. repens, and the hare's-foot, T. arvense. Loudon. To live in clover, to live…Clō'vered, a. p. 242Covered with clover. Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson.Clown, n. p. 242One who works upon the soil; a husbandman; a rustic. She killed the courteous clown by whom she lived. Stirling. The clown, the child of nature, without guile, Blest with an infant's ignorance of all…Clown, v. i. p. 242To act as a clown; — with it. Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.Clown'age, n. p. 242The manners of a clown. [Obs.] B. Jon.Clown'er-y, n. p. 242Ill breeding; rustic behavior, rudeness of manners; clownishness. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Clown'ish, a. p. 242Of, or relating to, a clown or clowns; like a clown; rustic, rough, or coarse; ill-bred or awkward. “Clownish hands.” Spenser. “Clownish mimic.” Prior. Syn. —Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly…Clown'ish-ly, adv. p. 242In a clownish manner; coarsely; rudely.Clown'ish-ness, n. p. 242The manners of a clown; rusticity; coarseness or rudeness of behavior; incivility; awkwardness. “That plainness which the a-la-mode people call clownishness.” Locke.Cloy, v. t. p. 242To fill or stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke’s purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones, and such like choking materials. Speed. Then bathe I bed with brine, and cloy…Cloy'less, a. p. 242That can not cloy, or fill to satiety.Cloy'ment, n. p. 242Repletion beyond the demands of appetite; satiety. [Obs.] Shak.Clūb, n. p. 242A heavy staff or piece of wood, usually tapering in form, and wielded with the hand. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak. 2. One of the…Clŭb, v. i. p. 243To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object. The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift. Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream Of fancy…Clŭb, v. t. p. 243To unite for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. 2. To raise by a proportional assessment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breech uppermost, so as…Clŭbbed, a. p. 243Shaped like a club, or heavy like one. Skelton.Clŭb'ber or Clŭb'bist, n. p. 243One who belongs to a party, club, or association. [Rare.] Burke.Clŭb'bish, a. p. 243Rough; rude; clownish. [Obs.] Ten kings do die before one clubbish clown. Mir. for Mag. 2. Disposed to associate together; as, a clubbish set of persons.Clŭb'-fist, n. p. 243A large, heavy fist; hence, a brutal fellow. Mir. for Mag.Clŭb'-fist'ed, a. p. 243Having a large fist. Howell.Clŭb'-fōot, n. p. 243A short, deformed foot, usually congenital in origin. Dunglison.Clŭb'-fōot'ed, a. p. 243Having club-feet; having deformed or crooked feet.Clŭb'-grăss, n. p. 243(Bot.) A species of grass (Corynephorus canescens), the beard of which is jointed, and the last articulation is club-shaped. Loudon.Clŭb'-haul, v. t. p. 243(Naut.) To put on another tack from that she is making by dropping an anchor, and as soon as she comes up to it, cutting the cable;—said of a vessel. This is done only in certain extreme cases, as…Clŭb'-hĕad'ed, a. p. 243Having a thick head. Derham.Clŭb'-house, n. p. 243A house belonging to, or occupied by, a club.Clŭb'-lâw, n. p. 243Government by clubs, or violence; the use of arms, or force, in place of law; anarchy. Addison.Clŭb'-măn, n. p. 243One who carries a club.Clŭb'-mŏss, n. p. 243(Bot.) A kind of moss (Lycopodium clavatum), whose minute seeds form an almost impalpable powder. London. Brande.Clŭb'-rōom, n. p. 243The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.Clŭb'-rŭsh, n. p. 243(Bot.) A plant of the genus Scirpus, or rush, of which there are many varieties.Clŭck, v. i. p. 243To make the noise of a brooding hen. Shak.