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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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Clŭck, v. i. p. 243To make the noise of a brooding hen. Shak.Clŭck, v. t. p. 243To call as a hen does her chickens.Clŭck, n. p. 243(Pron.) A peculiar kind of articulation used by the natives of South Africa; a click. See CLICK.Clück'ing, n. p. 243The noise of a hen when she calls her chickens.Clue, n. p. 243A ball of thread; thread wound into a ball. You have wound a goodly clue. Shak. 2. Thread unwound from a ball, used to guide a person in a labyrinth. 3. Any thing serving to guide or direct.…Clŭmp, n. p. 243A shapeless mass of wood or other substance. 2. A cluster of trees or shrubs. “Screened with clumps of green for wintry bowers.” W. Scott. 3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande.Clăm'p, v. i. p. 243To make a tramping noise; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Clŭmp'er, v. t. p. 243To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.] “Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of cloud.” More.Clŭmps, n. p. 243A stupid fellow; a numskull. [Low.] Bailey.Clăm'p'y, a. p. 243Composed of clumps; aggregated. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.clŭm'si-ly, adv. p. 243In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; without readiness, dexterity, or grace.Clūm'-si-nĕss, n. p. 243The quality of being clumsy; awkwardness; want of readiness, nimbleness, or dexterity. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance, which either wants proper tools, or…Clŭm'sy, a. p. 243Without grace of shape, manners, &c.; wanting dexterity or readiness; awkward; unhandy. “The clumsy exercises of the European tourney.” Prescott. 2. Ill-made; badly constructed; as, a clumsy garment…Clĭnch, n. p. 243(Mining.) The under-clay, or arenaceous shale, lying, in coal-measures, directly below the coal;—called also bind. Buchanan. 2. One of the hard beds of the lower chalk. Dana.Clŭng, imp. & p. p. p. 243of cling.Clüng, v. i. p. 243To shrink or waste; also, to adhere or cling. See CLING.Clüng, a. p. 243Wasted or emaciated with leanness; shrunk; shriveled. Halliwell.Clu'ni-ac, n. p. 243(Eccl. Hist.) One of a reformed order of Benedictine monks;—so called from Clugni, or Cluny, in France.Clü'ni-ac or Clü'ni-a-çen'sian (-sên'shan), a. p. 243Of, or relating to, the reformed discipline prescribed by Odo to the Benedictine monks of Clugni. Murdock.Clü'si-a, n. p. 243(Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Guttiferae, growing in South America, and including the balsam-tree.Clüs'ter, n. p. 243A number of things of the same kind growing, joined, or collected together. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser. 2. A number of…Clüs'ter, v. i. p. 243To grow in clusters; to gather or unite in a bunch or mass. Clustering grapes are thy peculiar care. Dryden.Clŭs'ter, v. t. p. 243To collect into a bunch or close body. “Clustered flower-bells.” Tennyson. Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson. Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be…Clüs'ter-grāpe, n. p. 243A small, black grape. Mortimer.Clüs'ter-ing-ly, adv. p. 243In clusters.Clüs'ter-y, a. p. 243Growing in clusters. Johnson. 2. Full of clusters. Bailey.Clŭtch, v. t. p. 243To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand; as, to clutch a dagger; to clutch prey. Shak. Herbert. 2. To close tightly; to clinch. Not that I have the power to clutch my hand When his fair angels would…Clŭtch, v. i. p. 243To catch; to snatch;—often followed by at. “Clutching at the phantoms of the stock-market.” Bancroft.Clŭtch, n. p. 243A gripe or clinching with the fingers; seizure; grasp. “The clutch of poverty.” Cowper. But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his clutch. Shak. 2. (Mach.) (a.) A projecting tooth, or…Clŭt'ter, n. p. 243A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; bustle; noise; as, the room is in a clutter. He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.Clŭt'ter, v. t. p. 243To crowd together in disorder; to fill with things in confusion; as, to clutter a room; to clutter the house. 2. To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland.Clăt'ter, v. i. p. 243To make a bustle, or fill with confusion.Clŷp'e-ate, a. p. 243(Bot.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate. Lewton.Clŷp'e-i-fōrm, a. p. 243(Nat. Hist.) Shield-shaped; clypeate. R. Owen. Henslow.Clyś'mi-an, a. p. 243Connected with, or related to, the deluge; as, Clysmian changes.Cly̆s'mic, a. p. 243Washing; cleansing. [Rare.]Cly'ster, n. p. 243(Med.) A liquid substance injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection.Clys'ter-ize, v. t. p. 243To apply a clyster to. [Obs.]Clŷs'ter-pīpe, n. p. 243A tube or pipe used for injections.Cly'ster-wīse, adv. p. 243In the manner of a clyster.Co. p. 243A prefix, signifying with, together, in conjunction, and the like. See CON.Co'a-çér'vāte, v. t. p. 243To heap up; to pile. [Rare.] “Safely stored up and coacervated to preserve them.” Howell.Cō'a-çér'vate, a. p. 243Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped; accumulated. [Rare.] Bacon.Cō-ăc'er-vā'tion, n. p. 243The act of heaping up; the state of being heaped together. [Rare.] Bacon.Coach, n. p. 243A large, close, four-wheeled carriage, having at least two seats within, and capable of holding four persons;—used for purposes of state, for pleasure, and for traveling. 2. A special tutor, who…Cōach, v. t. p. 243To convey in a coach. Pope. 2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction. [Eng. Cant.]Cōach'-bōx, n. p. 243The seat on which the driver of a coach sits. Arbuthnot.Cōach'ee, n. p. 243A coachman. [Slang.]Cōach'-fēl'lōw, n. p. 243A horse employed to draw a coach in company with another. 2. One who is intimately connected with another. Nares.Cōach'man, n. p. 243The person who drives a coach.Cōach'man-ship, n. p. 243Skill in driving coaches.Co-ăct′, v. t. p. 243To drive together; to force; to compel. [Obs.] In conclusion, both garrisons and the inhabitants . . . were coacted to render the city. Hale.Co-ăct', v. i. p. 243To act together; to unite. [Obs.] If I tell you how these two did coact, Shall I not lie in publishing a truth? Shak.Co-ăc'tion, n. p. 243Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. South.Co-ăct'ive, a. p. 243Serving to compel or constrain. “Any coactive power of the civil kind.” Warburton. 2. Acting in concurrence. Shak.Co-ăc'tive-ly, adv. p. 243In a coactive manner.Cō-āc-tiv'i-ty, n. p. 243Unity of action. More.Co-ăd/ap-tā'tion, n. p. 243Mutual adaptation. R. Owen.Co'-a-dăpt'ed, a. p. 243Adapted one to another; as, co-adapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.Co-ād'ju-ment, n. p. 243Mutual aid or assistance.