imp. p. p. of Clothe.

An order of the Entomostraca.

a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.

the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.

A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

See Clake.

The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also called clack goose.

A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

Capable of being claimed.

One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

One who claims; a claimant.

Having no claim.

See Chiaroscuro.

Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.

One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.

A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.

To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.

The act of crying out.

A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.

The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

To ascend by climbing with difficulty.

Low, worthless people; the rabble.

In a clammy manner.

State of being clammy or viscous.

Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

strong-scented herb (Polanisia graveolens) common in the southern U. S. covered with intermixed gland and hairs.

To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.

One who clamors.

Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.

same as clamor.

same as clamorous.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.

sudden restriction on an activity.

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.

the shell of a clam.

a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae.

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.

A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881.

Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.

privately; secretly.

Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.

Privacy or secrecy.

A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.

A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as, he dropped a clanger.

emitting a series of clangs, as of metal objects colliding.

A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.

a loud resonant repeating noise.

Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.

Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.

Same as Clamjamphrie.

To sound with a clank.

Without a clank.

Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.

a tendency to associate with only a select group.

A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.

a female member of a clan.

Gonorrhea.

To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.

Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.

A bird; the flicker.

A rabbit burrow.

a device which synchronizes sound and picture while making a motion picture, consisting of boards held in front of a movie camera, which are are banged together.

To fight and scratch.

Variant of Clasp

Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

A nun of the order of St. Clare.

See Chiaroscuro.

A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

See King-at-arms.

A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

The name first given in England to the red wines of M/doc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.

A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

That which clarifies.

To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

To declare war with certain ceremonies.

A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

a musician who plays the clarinet.

A reed stop in an organ.

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

See Clarinet.

Having a clear sound.

Clearness; splendor.

Clearness; brightness; splendor.

See Chiaroscuro.

Wine with a mixture of honey and species.

To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc.

Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.

A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups.

A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.

With clashing.

An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.

Furnished with tendrils.

exhibiting refinement and high character; as, a class act. Opposite of low-class

Capable of being classed.

A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.

In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

The quality of being classical.

A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

of or pertaining to classicism; as, classicistic tradition.

to make classic or classical.

the branch of learning concerned with study of the literary works of ancient Greece and Rome.

Capable of being classified.

Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.

The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.

arranged into classes or categories; as, unclassified.