The Muse who presided over history.

A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

An embrace.

having a clip as the means of attachment; as, clip-on earrings; a clip-on bow tie.

a small writing board with a clip attached at the top for holding papers.

trimmed with clippers; as, a clipped hedge.

One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coins.

a type of shears for cutting grass or shrubbery; as, hedge clippers.

The act of embracing.

To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.

Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.

The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

Same as clitoris.

A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.

a genus of white-spored agarics with flat or funnel-shaped cap and elastic stem.

a genus of tropical shrubs or vines having pinnate leaves and large axillary flowers.

Of or pertaining to the clitoris.

A small organ at the upper part of the vulva in females, homologous to the penis in the male.

to make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures, as of male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers.

See Cleavers.

Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.

A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

In a concealed manner.

The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

personal possessions; -- an informal term; as, did you take all your clobber?.

An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of a/roplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

a woman's close-fitting helmetlike hat.

A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarab/us stercorarius).

the time taken to traverse a measured course; as, it was a world record clocking.

Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

European weed naturalized in the southwestern U. S. and Mexico (Erodium cicutarium), having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by slender pinlike fruits that stick straight up; it is often grown for forage.

in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common. Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.

The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

To pelt with clods.

Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

Consisting of clods; full of clods.

A rude, rustic fellow.

Boorish; rude.

A blockhead; a dolt.

Stupid; dull; doltish.

A stupid fellow; a dolt.

Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight.

To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

obstructed so as to prevent or hinder flow of a fluid; -- of conduits; as, clogged pipes; clogged arteries.

The state of being clogged.

Anything which clogs.

Clogging, or having power to clog.

Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlev/ enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel.

To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

Cloistral.

Dwelling in cloisters; solitary.

One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse.

A nun.

See Cloak.

imp. p. p. of Climb (for climbed).

See Clamp.

imp. of Cling.

Having an irregular, convulsive motion.

A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.

To close with glutinous matter.

The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle.

One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.

A little hoof.

any alga of the genus Chlorella.

a commercial bleaching agent, consisting of a 5.25% aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). Other similar solutions of sodium hypochlorite are sometimes referred to as clorox.

In a close manner.

Closely united.

Firmly barred or closed.

Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment.

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters.

dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.

Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; having the sails trimmed for sailing as close to the wind as possible; -- said of a sailing vessel.

not ready to receive new ideas.

grouped closely together.

arranged close together; as, close-set eyes; close-set teeth.

A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

Closemouthed; silent.

having an opening obstructed.

having atoms linked by bonds which form a ring.

not ready to receive new ideas.

same as closed-chain.

termination of operations; a shutdown.

Covetous; niggardly.

Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.

In a close manner.

owned by a relatively few shareholders; -- of business organizations; as, a closely-held corporation.

bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family.

Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

To make close.

The state of being close.

One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.

a photograph or other recorded image taken at close range, or using a telephoto lens so as to appear to have been taken at close range; -- used especially of images of faces in which the face fills all or most of the photograph.

The game of ninepins.

the act of closing something.

spindle-shaped bacterial cell esp. one swollen at the center by an endospore.

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

To form into, or cover with, clots; to cause to coagulate; to make into a slimy mass.

The burdock.

The common burdock; the clotbur.

A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.

having rigid front and back covers, covered with cloth; -- of books. Contrasted to softcover.

To wear clothes.

wearing clothing.

Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

a brush used for cleaning clothing.

A frame to hang clothes on.

unclothed. Opposite of clothed.

A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

A forked piece of wood or plastic, or a small device with a spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

A receptacle for clothes.

One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth.

Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

Clottered.

See Clodpoll.