Chapter 280

Clarity <Xpage=261>

Clar"i*ty (?) , n. [L. claritas , fr. clarus clear: cf. F. clart\'82 .] Clearness; brightness; splendor.

Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity , Innumerable virgin graces row. Beaumont.

Claro-obscuro <Xpage=261>

Cla"ro-ob*scu"ro (?) , n. See Chiaroscuro .

Clarr\'82 <Xpage=261>

Clar`r\'82" , n. [See Claret .] Wine with a mixture of honey and species. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Clart <Xpage=261>

Clart (?) , v. t. [Cf. Armor. kalar mud, mire, kalara to dirt, Sw. lort mud.] To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Clarty <Xpage=261>

Clart"y (?) , a. Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Clary <Xpage=261>

Clar"y (?) , v. i. [Cf. Clarion .] To make a loud or shrill noise. [Obs.]

Golding.

Clary <Xpage=261>

Cla"ry (?) , n. [Cf. LL. sclarea , scarlea , D. & G. scharlei , F. sclar\'82e .] (Bot.) A plant ( Salvia sclarea ) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups.

Clary water , a composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac.

Clash <Xpage=261>

Clash (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clashed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clashing .] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen , Prov. G. kleschen , D. kletsen , Dan. klaske , E. clack .] 1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.

However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. Palfrey.

Clash <Xpage=261>

Clash , v. t. To strike noisily against or together.

Clash <Xpage=261>

Clash n. 1. A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.

The roll of cannon and clash of arms. Tennyson.

2. Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.

Clashes between popes and kings. Denham.

Clashingly <Xpage=261>

Clash"ing*ly , adv. With clashing.

Clasp <Xpage=261>

Clasp (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clasped (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping ] [OE. claspen , clapsen , prob. akin to E. clap .] 1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. " Clasping ivy."

Milton.

Clasp <Xpage=261>

Clasp , n. 1. 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.

2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.

Clasp knife , a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. -- Clasp lock , a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

Clasper <Xpage=261>

Clasp"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines."

Derham.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. (b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust . of Chim\'91ra .

Claspered <Xpage=261>

Clasp"ered (?) , a. Furnished with tendrils.

Class <Xpage=261>

Class (?) , n. [F. classe , fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. <?/ a calling, <?/ to call, E. claim , haul .] 1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class ; the lower classes .

2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.

3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, gemera, etc.

4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.

She had lost one class energies. Macaulay.

5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader .

Class of a curve (Math.) , the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. -- Class meeting (Methodist Church) , a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.

Class <Xpage=261>

Class (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Classed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Classing .] [Cf. F. classer . See Class , n. ] 1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages .

&hand; In scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class .

Dana.

2. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Class <Xpage=261>

Class , v. i. To grouped or classed.

The genus or famiky under which it classes . Tatham.

Classible <Xpage=261>

Class"i*ble (?) , a. Capable of being classed.

Classic, Classical <Xpage=261>

Clas"sic (?) , Clas"sic*al (?) , a. [L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique . See Class , n. ] 1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

Give, as thy last memorial to the age, One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron.

Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [Roman weights and coins]. Arbuthnot.

2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans.

The epithet classical , as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote. Brande & C.

He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay.

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style .

Classical , provincial, and national synods. Macaulay.

Classicals orders . (Arch.) See under Order .

Classic <Xpage=261>

Clas"sic , n. 1. A work of acknowledged excellence and authrity, 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.

In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic . Macaulay.

2. One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.

Classicalism <Xpage=261>

Clas"sic*al*ism (?) , n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Classicalist <Xpage=261>

Clas"sic*al*ist , n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.

Ruskin.

Classicality, Classicalness <Xpage=261>

Clas`si*cal"i*ty (?) , Clas"sic*al*ness (?) , n. The quality of being classical.

Classically <Xpage=261>

Clas"sic*al*ly , adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

Classicism <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*cism (?) , n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

C. Kingsley.

Classicist <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*cist (?) , n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

Classifiable <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*fi`a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being classified.

Classific <Xpage=261>

Clas*sif"ic (?) , a. Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.

Classification <Xpage=261>

Clas`si*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. classification .] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities.

Artificial classification . (Science) See under Artifitial .

Classificatory <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*fi*ca`to*ry (?) , a. Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system."

Earle.

Classifier <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*fi`er (?) , n. One who classifies.

Classify <Xpage=261>

Clas"si*fy (?) , v. t. [ imp. & pp. Classified (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Classifying .] [L. classis class + <?/] To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

Syn. -- To arrange; distibute; rank.

Classis <Xpage=261>

Clas"sis (?) , n. ; pl. Classes (#) . [L. See Class , n. ] 1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.]

His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.

2. (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body or judicat<?/ry in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbutery in the Presbuterian church.

Classman <Xpage=261>

Class"man (?) , n. ; pl. Classmen (#) . 1. A member of a class; a classmate.

2. A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified. [Oxford, Eng.]

Classmate <Xpage=261>

Class"mate` (?) , n. One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

Clastic <Xpage=261>

Clas"tic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ br<?/, fr. <?/ to break.] 1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models) .

2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brok<?/ fragments; as, sandstone is a clastic rock .

Clathrate <Xpage=261>

Clath"rate (?) , a. [L. clathri latti<?/e, Gr. <?/.] 1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.

Gray.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Clatter <Xpage=261>

Clat"ter (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clattered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering .] [AS. cla<?/rung a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack .] 1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

I see thou dost but clatter . Spenser.

Clatter <Xpage=261>

Clat"ter , v. t. To make a rattling noise with.

You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

Clatter <Xpage=261>

Clat"ter , n. 1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter . Tennyson.

2. Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story."<-- sic. = history?-->

Barrow.

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3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter ."

Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).

Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson

Clatterer <Xpage=263>

Clat"ter*er (?) , n. One who clatters.

Clatteringly <Xpage=263>

Clat"ter*ing*ly , adv. With clattering.

Claude Lorraine glass <Xpage=263>

Claude" Lor*raine" glass` (?) . [Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine ).] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.

Claudent <Xpage=263>

Clau"dent (?) , a. [L. claudens , p. pr. of claudere to shut.] Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle . [R.]

Jonson

Claudicant <Xpage=263>

Clau"di*cant (?) , a. [L. claudicans , p. pr. of claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame.] Limping. [R.]

Claudication <Xpage=263>

Clau`di*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. claudicatio .] A halting or limping. [R.]

Tatler.

Clause <Xpage=263>

Clause (?) , n. [F. clause , LL. clausa , equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of <?/ rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See Close .] 1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Clause <Xpage=263>

Clause , n. [Obs.] See Letters clause &or; close , under Letter .

Claustral <Xpage=263>

Claus"tral (?) , a. [F., fr. LL. claustralis , fr. L. claustrum . See Cloister .] Cloistral.

Ayliffe

Claustrum <Xpage=263>

Claus"trum (?) , n. ; pl. Claustra . [L., a bolt or bar.] (Anat.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral , a.

Clausular <Xpage=263>

Clau"su*lar (?; 135) , a. [From L. clausula . See Clause , n. ] Consisting of, or having, clauses.

Smart.

Clausure <Xpage=263>

Clau"sure (?; 135) , n. [L. clausura . See Closure .] The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [R.]

Geddes.

Clavate, Clavated <Xpage=263>

Cla"vate (?) , Cla"va*ted (?) , a. [L. clava club.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust . of Antennae .]

Clave <Xpage=263>

Clave (?) , imp. of Cleave . [Obs.]

Clavecin <Xpage=263>

Clav"e*cin (?) , n. [F.] The harpsichord.

Clavel <Xpage=263>

Cla"vel (?) , n. See Clevis .

Clavellate <Xpage=263>

Clav"el*late (?) , a. See Clavate .

Clavellated <Xpage=263>

Clav"el*la`ted (?) , a. [Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior sort of soda, E. clavate .] (Old Chem.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

Claver <Xpage=263>

Clav"er (?) , n. [Obs.] See Clover . Holland .

Claver <Xpage=263>

Clav"er , n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers . Thackeray.

Clavichord <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*chord (?) , n. [F. clavicorde , fr. L. clavis key + chorda string.] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord .

Clavicle <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*cle (?) , n. [F. clavicule , fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close , and cf. Clef .] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter <?/, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.

Clavicorn <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*corn (?) , a. [Cf. F. clavicorne .] (Zo\'94l.) Having club-shaped antenn\'91. See Antenn\'91 -- n. One of the Clavicornes.

Clavicornes <Xpage=263>

Clav`i*cor"nes (?) , n. pl. [NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antenn\'91.

Clavicular <Xpage=263>

Cla*vic"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. claviculaire . See Clavicle .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Clavier <Xpage=263>

Cla"vi*er (? F. ?) , n. [F., fr. L. clavis key.] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

&hand; Clavier (<?/) is the German name for a pianoforte.

Claviform <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*form (?) , a. [L. clava club + -form .] (Bot.) Club-shaped; clavate.

Craig.

Claviger <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*ger (?) , n. [L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry.] One who carries the keys of any place.

Claviger <Xpage=263>

Clav"i*ger , n. [L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry.] One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Clavigerous <Xpage=263>

Cla*vig"er*ous (?) , a. Bearing a club or a key.

Clavis <Xpage=263>

Cla"vis (?) , n. ; pl. L. Claves (#) , E. Clavises (#) . [L.] A key; a glossary.

Clavus <Xpage=263>

Cla"vus (?) , n. [L., a nail.] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

Clavy <Xpage=263>

Cla"vy (?) , n. ; pl. Clavies (#) . [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.

Claw <Xpage=263>