ELER IC, n. A clerk or clergyman. Horsley. * CLERK, n. [Sax. cleric, clerc, ciere; L. clericus.] 1. A clergyman, or ecclesiastic; a man in holy orders. 2. A man that can read. 3. A man of letters; a scholar. Sidney. 4. In modern usage, a writer; one who is employed in the use of the pen, in an office, public or private, for keeping records and accounts. 5. A layman who is the reader of responses in church service. * CLERK-ALE, n. In England, the feast of the parish clerk. CLERK LESS, a. Ignorant; uncivilized. Waterhouse. * CLERK LIKE, a. Like a clerk; learned. Shak. *CLERK LY, a. Scholarlike. Cranmer. CLERK LY, adv. In a learned manner. Gascoigne. * CLERK SHIP, n. 1. A state of being in holy orders. 2. Scholarship. 3. The office or business of a clerk or writer. Swift. ELER/O-MAN-CY, n. [Gr. xλnpos and μavrcia.] A divination by throwing dice or little bones, and observing the points or marks turned up ELEVE, CLIF, or ЄLIVE, in the composition of names, denote a place situated on or near a cliff, on the side of a hill, rock or precipice; as Cleveland, Clifton. CLEVER, a. 1. Fit; suitable; convenient; proper; commodious. Pope. 2. Dextrous; adroit; ready; that performs with skill or address. Addison. 3. In New England, good-natured, possessing an agreeable mind or disposition. CLEVER-LY, adv. Fitly; dextrously; handsomely. CLEVER-NESS, n. 1. Dexterity; adroitness; skill. 2. In New England, mildness or agreeableness of disposition; obligingness; good nature. ELEVIY, or ЄLEV'IS, n. An iron bent to the form of an ox bow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of a cart-neap to hold the chain of the forward horse or oxen; or a draft-iron on a plow. New England. CLEW, n. [Sax. cleow, cliwe.] 1. A ball of thread. 2. The thread that forms a ball; the thread that is used to guide a person in a labyrinth. Hence, any thing that guides or directs one in an intricate case. 3. The lower corner of a square-sail, and the aftermost corner of a staysail. ELEW, v. t. 1. In seamanship, to truss up to the yard, by means of clew-garnets or clew-lines, in order to furling. 2. To direct. ELEW-GARINETS, n. In marine language, a sort of tackle, or rope and pulley, fastened to the clews of the main and fore-sails, to truss them up to the yard. CLEW-LINES, n. These are the same tackle, and used for the like purpose as clew-garnets. ELIЄK, v. i. [D. klikken.] To make a small, sharp noise, or rather a succession of small, sharp sounds, as by a gentle striking. CLICK, n. In seamen's language, a small piece of iron falling into a notched wheel, attached to the winches in cutters, &c. CLICK, n. The latch of a door. [Local.] CLICK ER, n. The servant of a salesman, who stands at the door to invite customers. CLICK'ET, n. The knocker of a door. CLICK'ING, ppr. Making small sharp noises. ELI'ENT, n. [Fr. client; L. cliens.] 1. Among the Romans, a citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who, in respect to that relation, was called his patron. 2. One who applies to a lawyer or counsellor for advice in a question of law, or commits his cause to his management. 3. A depend ent. CLIENT-AL, a. Dependent. [Unusual.] Burke. CLIENT-SHIP, n. The condition of a client; a state of being under the protection of a patron. CLIFF, n. [Sax. clif.] 1. A steep bank. 2. A high and steep rock; any precipice. [This word has been sometimes written clift.] CLIFF, in music. See CLEF. CLIFFY, a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy. ELIFTY, à The same as cliffy. Pennant. ELI-MACTER, n. [Gr. λpakryp.] 1. A critical year in human life. 2. A certain space of time. [Not used.] *CLI-MAЄ/TER-IC, a. [Gr. Kλiμakтпpikos.] Literally, noting a scale, progression, or gradation; appropriately, denoting a critical period of human life. ELI-MAC TER-IC, ". A critical period in human life, or a period in which some great change is supposed to take place in the human constitution. The critical periods are supposed by some persons to be the years produced by CLIMATE, n. [Gr. kλipa.] 1. In geography, a part of the surface of the earth, bounded by two circles parallel to the equator, and of such a breadth that the longest day in the parallel nearest the pole is half an hour longer than that nearest to the equator. 2. In a popular sense, a tract of land, region, or country, differing from another in the temperature of the air. CLIMATE, v. i. To dwell; to reside in a particular region. CLI-MATIC, a. Pertaining to a climate; limited by n. [Gr. kλipa}.] 1. Gradation; ascent; a figure of rhetoric, in which a sentence rises, as it were, step by step. 2. Á sentence, or series of sentences, in which the successive members or sentences rise in force, importance or dignity, to the close of the sentence or series. CLIMB, (clime) . i.; pret. and pp. climbed, or clomb, but the latter is not elegant. [Sax. climan, or climban.] 1. To creep up by little and little, or step by step; to rise on any fixed object, by seizing it with the hands, and lifting the body, and by thrusting with the feet. 2. To mount or ascend with labor and difficulty. 3. To rise or ascend with a slow motion. CLIMB, (clime) v. t. 1. To ascend by means of the hands and feet, implying labor, difficulty and slow progress. 2. To mount or ascend, with labor or a slow motion. CLIMBA-BLE, (cli'ma-bl) a. That may be climbed. CLIMBED, (climd) pp. Ascended by the use of the hands and feet; ascended with labor. CLIMBER, (cli-mer) n. 1. One who climbs, mounts or rises, by the hands and feet; one who rises by labor or effort. 2. A plant that creeps and rises on some support. †ЄLIMB'ER, v. i. To climb; to mount with effort. CLIMBING, ppr. Ascending by the use of the hands and feet; ascending with difficulty. ELIMBING, n. The act of ascending. CLIME, n. [L. clima.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth; a poetical word, but sometimes used in prose. See CLIMATE. CLINCH, v. t. [D. klinken.] 1. To gripe with the hand; to make fast by bending over, folding, or embracing closely. 2. To fix or fasten; to make firm. CLINCH, v. i. To hold fast upon. CLINCH, R. 1. A word used in a double meaning; a pun an ambiguity; a duplicity of meaning, with identity of expression. 2. A witty, ingenious reply. 3. In seamen's language, the part of a cable which is fastened to the ring of an anchor. CLINCHED, pp. Made fast by doubling or embracing closely. CLINCH'ER, n. 1. That which clinches; a cramp or piece of iron bent down to fasten any thing. 2. One who makes a smart reply. 3. That which makes fast. CLINCH'ER-BUILT, or ЄLINK'ER-BUILT, a. Made of clincher work. CLINCH ER-WORK, a. In ship building, the disposition of the planks in the side of a boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank overlays the next below it, like slates on the roof of a house. CLINCH ING, ppr. Making fast by doubling over or embracing closely; griping with the fist. ELING, v. i.; pret. and pp. clung. [Sax. clingan.] 1. To adhere closely; to stick to; to hold fast upon, especially by winding round or embracing. 2. To adhere closely; to stick to. 3. To adhere closely and firmly, in interest or affection. ELING, v. t. To dry up, or wither. Shak. ELING ING, ppr. Adhering closely; sticking to; winding round and holding to. ELING Y, a. Apt to cling; adhesive. ELINIE, or ЄLINI-¤AL, a. [Gr. Kivikos.] In a general sense, pertaining to a bed. A clinical lecture is a discourse delivered at the bed side of the sick. CLINIC, n. One confined to the bed by sickness. CLINI-CAL-LY, adv. In a clinical manner; by the bedside. ELINK, v. t. [Sw. klinga.] To ring or jingle; to make a small, sharp sound, or a succession of such sounds. CLINK, ". A sharp sound, made by the collision of small sonorous bodies. ELINK, v. i. To utter a small, sharp noise. Prur. ELINKING, ppr. Making a small, sharp sound, or succession of sounds. CLINK STONE, n. [clink and stone.] A mineral. ELI NOME-TER, n. [Gr. «λvw and perpov.] An instrument for measuring the dip of mineral strata. ELINQUANT, (clingk'ant) a. [Fr.] Dressed in tinsel fine- || ry. [Not English.] Shak. CLIP, v. t. [Sax. clypan.] 1. To cut off with shears or ecisors; to separate by a sudden stroke. 2. To diminish coin by paring the edge. 3. To curtail; to cut short. 4. To confine, limit, restrain, or hold; to hug. [Little used.] Shak. To clip it, is a vulgar phrase in New England, for to run with speed. CLIP, e. i. A term in falconry. Dryden. CLIP, n. 1. A blow or stroke with the hand. New England. 2. An embrace; that is, a throwing the arms round. Sid Lading. CLIPPING, s. 1. The act of cutting off, curtailing or dimiushing. 2. That which is clipped off; a piece separated by clipping. CLISH CLASH, .i. To sound like the clashing of swords. CLIVERS,. A plant, the galium aparine. CLOAKED LY, ade. In a concealed manner, CLOCK, a. (Sax. clugga; D. klok; G. klocke ; Dan. klokke; CLOCK, r. i. To make a noise like the hen. CLOCK MA-KER, n. An artificer whose occupation is to make clocks. † CLOCK-SET-TER, ■. One who regulates the clock. CLOCK-WORK, s. 1. The machinery and movements of a clock. 2. Well adjusted work, with regular movement. CLOD, «. [D. kluit; G. klots.) 1. A hard lump of earth, of any kind; a mass of earth cohering. 2. A lump or mass of metal; httle used.] 3. Turf; the ground. 4. That which is earthy, base and vile, as the body of man compared to his soul. 5. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt. Any thing concreted. CLOD, . . To collect into concretions, or a thick mass; to coagulate. See CLOT. CLOĎ, e. t. To pelt with clods. CLODDY, a. 1. Consisting of clods; abounding with clods. 2. Farthy; mean; gross. ELODROP-PER, a. A clown; a dolt. CLODPATE, a. A stupid fellow; a dolt; a thickskull. CLODPOLL, . A stupid fellow; a dolt; a blockhead. CLOFF, m. The same with clough. €LOG, t. t. [W.eleg.] 1. To load or fill with something that retards or hinders motion. 2. To put on any thing that encumbers, with a view to hinder or restrain leaping, to shackle. 3. To load with any thing that encumbers to burden; to embarrass. 4. To obstruct natural ton, or render it difficult; to hinder; to impede. €16, v. i. 1. To coalesce; to unite and adhere in a cluster or mast. 2. To form an accretion; to be loaded or encumbered with extraneous matter. €LAK, ®. 1. Any thing put upon an animal to hinder motion, or lesping, as a piece of wood fastened to his leg. 2. An encumbrance; that which hinders motion, or ren der it difficult; hindrance; impediment. 3. A wooden sboe; also, a sort of patten worn by ladies to keep their feet dry in wet weather. CLOGGÉD, pp. Wearing a clog; shackled; obstructed; loaded with encumbrance. CUGGI-NESS, s. The state of being clogged. CLOGGING, ppr. Putting on a clog; loading with encumtrance; obstructing, impeding. CLOGGY, 4. That clogs, or has power to clog; thick; CLOISTER, 1. [Fr. tlet're ; Sax. claustr.] 1. A monastenunnery; a bouse inhabited by monks or nuns. The prine pal part of a regular monastery, in which the micks meet for conversation. 2. A peristyle; a piazza. CLOISTER, v. t. 1. To confine in a cloister or monastery. 2. To shut up; to confine closely within walls; to imto shut up in retirement from the world. CLOISTER AL, 4. Confined to a cloister; retired from the w rid, recluse. Walton. CLOISTERED, p. 1. Shut up in a cloister; inhabiting a mnastery. 2. a. Solitary; retired from the world. 3. alt with peristyles or piazzas; inclosed. CLOISTER-ER, . One belonging to the cloister. CLOISTER-ING, ppr. Shutting up in a monastery ; confining; secluding from the world. CLOISTRESS, n. A nun; a woman who has vowed religious retirement. [Little used.] ELOKE, n. [Sax. lach.] 1. A loose outer garment worn over other clothes both by men and women. 2. A cover; that which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense. ELOKE, v. t. 1. To cover with a cloke. 2. To hide; to conceal; to use a false covering. ELÕKE'-BAG, n. A bag in which a cloke or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. ELOKED, pp. Covered with a cloke; concealed under a ЄLONI€, a. [Gr. «dovos.] Shaking; convulsive; irregular Ceze. CLOOM, v. t. [Sax. cleman.] To close with glutinous mat ter. [Local.] Mortimer. CLOSE, v. t. [Fr. clos.] 1. To shut; to make fast, by pressing together, or by stopping an open place, so as to intercept a passage, in almost any manner. 2. To end; to finish; to conclude; to complete ; to bring to a period; as, to close a bargain, or contract. 3. To unite, as the parts of a breach or fracture; to make whole; to consolidate. 4. To cover; to inclose; to encompass; to overwhelm. 5. To inclose; to confine. [See INCLOSE.] 6. To move or bring together; to unite separate bodies or parts. CLOSE, v. i. 1. To unite; to coalesce; to come together, as the parts of a wound or fracture, or parts separated 2. To end; to terminate, or come to a period. To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in.-To close with, to accede to; to consent or agree to; to unite with.-To close with, or to close in with, to unite; to join closely; to grapple, as persons in a contest. CLOSE, n. 1. An inclosed place; any place surrounded by a fence or other body which defends or confines it. 2. Conclusion; termination; final end. 3. A temporary finishing; a pause; rest; cessation; intermission. 4. The manner of shutting. 5. A grapple in wrestling. CLOSE, 4. 1. Shut fast; tight; made fast, so as to have no opening. 2. Having parts firmly united; compact; dense, applied to solid substances of any kind. 3. Having parts firmly adhering; viscous; tenacious. 4. Confined; stagnant; without ventilation or motion. 5. Confined; retired. 6. Hid; private ; secret. 7. Confined within narrow limits; narrow. 8. Near; within a small distance. 9. Joined; in contact, or nearly so; crowded. 10. Compressed, as thoughts or words; hence, brief; concise; opposed to loose, or diffuse. 11. Very near, in place or time, adjoining, or nearly so. 12. Having the qual.ty of keeping secrets, thoughts or designs; cautious. 13. Having an appearance of concealment; implying art, craft or wariness. 14. Intent; fixed; attentive; pressing upon the object. 15. Full to the point; home; pressing. 16. Pressing; earnest; warm. 17. Confined; secluded from communication. 18. Covetous; penurious; not liberal. 19. Applied to the weather or air, close, in popular language, denotes warm and damp, cloudy or foggy, or warm and relaxing, occasioning a sense of lassitude and depression. 20. Strictly adhering to the original.-21. In heraldry, drawn in a coat of arms with the wings close, and in a standing posture. CLOSE, adr. Closely; nearly; densely; secretly; pressingly. Milton. CLOSE-BAND-ED, 4. Being in close order; closely united. CLOSE-BOD-IED, a. Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. CLOSE-COM-PA€T'ED, a. Being in compact order; compact. Addison. CLOSE-COUCHED, a. Quite concealed. Milton. CLOSE-CUR-TAINED, a. Inclosed or surrounded with curtains. CLOSE-FIST-ED, a. Covetous; niggardly. Berkeley. CLOSE-HAULED, a. In seamanship, having the tacks or lower corners of the sails drawn close to the side to windward, and the sheets hauled close aft, in sailing near the wind. CLOSE-PENT, a Shut close. Dryden. CLOSE-QUAR-TERS, n. Strong barriers of wood used in a ship for defense when the ship is boarded. CLOSE-STOOL, n. A chamber utensil for the convenience of the sick and infirm. CLOSE-TONGUED, a. Keeping silence; cautious in speaking. Shak. CLOSED, pp. Shut; made fast; ended; concluded. CLOSELY, adv. 1. In a close, compact manner; with the parts united, or pressed together, so as to leave no vent. 2. Nearly; with little space intervening. 3. Intently; CLOSENESS, n. 1. The state of being shut, pressed to- ture CLOSET, v. t. To shut up in a closet; to conceal; to take CLOSET-SIN, n. Sin committed in privacy. CLOSH, n. A disease in the feet of cattle, called also the founder. CLOSING, ppr. Shutting; coalescing; agreeing; ending. CLOSING, a. That ends or concludes; as, a closing word or letter. CLOSING, n. End; period; conclusion. CLOSURE, (clozhur) n. 1. The act of shutting; a closing. 2. That which closes, or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened, or made to adhere. 3. Inclosure; that which confines. 4. Conclusion. Shak. ELOT, n. A concretion, particularly of soft or fluid matter, which concretes into a mass or lump. ELOT, v. i. 1. To concrete; to coagulate, as soft or fluid CLOT-BIRD, n. The common ananthe, or English ortolan. CLOTH, n. [Sax. clath. The plural is regular, cloths; CLOTHE, v. t. ; pret. and pp. clothed, or clad. 1. To put on invest CLOTHED, pp. Covered with garments; dressed; CLOTH'IER, (cloth'yer) n. 1. In English authors, a man who CLOTHING, n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; CLOTH SHEAR-ER, n. One who shears cloth, and frees CLOT POLL, n. A thickskull; a blockhead. See CLOD POLL. CLOTTED, pp. Concreted into a mass; inspissated; adher- CLOTTER, v. i. To concrete or gather into lumps. clots. CLOTTY, a. Full of clots, or small, hard masses; full of concretions, or clods. CLOUD n. 1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery parti 154 CLO cles, suspended in the atmosphere, at some altitude. 2 A. state of obscurity or darkness. 3. A collection of smoke, or a dense collection of dust, rising or floating in the air. 4. The dark or varied colors, in veins or spots, on stones or other bodies, are called clouds. 5. A great multitude, a vast collection. CLOUD, v. t. 1. To overspread with a cloud or clouds. 2. To obscure; to darken. 3. To darken in veins or spots; to variegate with colors. 4. To make of a gloomy aspect; to give the appearance of sullenness. 5. To sully; to tarnish. CLOUD, v. i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with CLOUD-AS-CENDING, a. Ascending to the clouds chamamorus. CLOUD-BORN, a. Born of a cloud. Dryden. CLOUD-CAPT, a. Capped with clouds; touching the clouds; lofty. Shak. CLOUD-COM-PEL/LER, n. He that collects clouds; Jove. CLOUD-COV-ERED, a. Enveloped with clouds. clouds. CLOUD-E-CLIPSED, a. Eclipsed by a cloud. Shak. CLOUDI-LY, adv. With clouds; darkly; obscurely. CLOUD-PIERC-ING, a. Penetrating or rising above the CLOUD-TOPT, a. Having the top covered with a cloud. CLOUD-TOUCH-ING, a. Touching the clouds. CLOUDY, a. 1. Overcast with clouds; obscured with CLOUT, n. [Sax. clut.] 1. A patch; a piece of cloth or CLOUT, v. t. 1. To patch; to mend by sewing on a piece a clout. Patched; mended clumsily; covered with CLOUT'ER-LY, a. Clumsy; awkward. Mortimer. CLOVE, n. [D. kloof.] A cleft; a fissure; a gap; a ravine cous. ELOVEN, (clo'vn) pp. of cleave. Divided; parted. CLOVERED, a. Covered with clover. Thomson. AGE, n. The manners of a clown ;-PREY ;-PIN, MARINE, BIRD, - CLOWNER-Y, . Il-breeding; rustic behavior; rudeness || CLUSTERED, pp. Collected into a cluster, or crowd of manners. [Little used.] CLOWN ISH, a. 1. Containing clowns; consisting of rustics. 2. Coarse; hard; rugged; rough. 3. Of rough manners; ill-bred. 4. Clumsy; awkward CLOWN ISH-LY, ade. In the manner of clowns ; coarsely; rudely. CLOWN ISH-NESS, . The manners of a clown; rusticity; coarseness or rudeness of behavior; incivility; awkwardness. CLOWN's-MUSTARD, ». A plant. CLOY, . t. [Fr. clouer.] 1. To fill; to glut; to satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. 2. To spike up a gun; to drive a spike into the vent.-3. In farriery, to prick a horse in shoeing. CLOYED, pp. Filled; glutted; filled to satiety and lothing; spiked pricked in shoeing. ЄLOY ING, ppr. Filling; filling to satiety or disgust. CLOY LESS, 4. That cannot cloy, or fill to satiety. CLOYMENT, . Surfeit; repletion beyond the demands of appetite. Little used.] Shak. CLUB, n. W. clopa, clepa.] 1. Properly, a stick or piece of wood, with one end thicker and heavier than the other, and no larger than can be wielded with the hand. 2. Á thick, heavy stick, that may be managed with the hand, and used for beating, or defense. 3. The name of one of the suits of cards, so named from its figure. 4. A collection or assembly of men; usually, a select number of friends met for social or literary purposes. 5. A collection of expenses; the expenses of a company. 6. Contribution; joint charge. CLUB, e. 1. [W. clapiar.] 1. To join, as a number of individuals, to the same end. 2. To pay an equal proportion of a common reckoning or charge. CLUB, v. t. 1. To unite different sums of expense in a common sum or collection.-2. In common parlance, to rame or turn uppermost the britch or club of a musket. CLUBBED, pp. 1. Collected into a sum and averaged, as different expenses. 2. United to one end or effect. 3. Shaped like a club. 4. Having the britch turned upwards, as a musket. 5. Heavy, like a club. CLUB BER, or CLUB'BIST, n. One who belongs to a party, club or association. Burke. CLUBBING, ppr. Joining in a club; uniting to a common end. CLUB-FIST, «. A large, heavy fist. €1! B-FIST ED, e. Having a large fist. Howell. CLUB-FOOT-EĎ, a. Having short or crooked feet. CLUB-HÈÀD-ED, a. Having a thick head. Derham, CLUB-LAW, . Government by clubs, or violence; the e of arms, or force, in place of law; anarchy. CLUB-MAN, s. One who carries a club. CLUB-ROOM, . The apartment in which a club meets. €LUE-RUSH, n. A genus of plants, the scirpus. CLUB SHAPED, 4. Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated. €L! €K, 8.1. [Sax, clocean.] To make the noise, or utter the vice, of the domestic hen. CLUCK, F. 1. To call chickens by a particular sound. Shak. € LUCKING, ppr. Uttering the voice of a sitting hen; calling chickens. €UE. See CLEW. €LUMP, ». [G. klump.] 1. A thick, short piece of wood, or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. 2. A cluster of trees or shrubs; formerly written plump. In some parts of Fagland, it is an adjective, signifying lazy, unhandy. ←LUMPER, 8. t. To form into clumps or masses. More," CLUMPS, 1. A stupid fellow; a numskull. €LUM SÚLY, adr. In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; in an unhandy manner; without readiness, dexterity or grace. CLUMSI-VERS, я. The quality of being short and thick, and moving heavily; awkwardness; unhandiness; un€L! W«Y, «. 1. Properly, short and thick. 2. Moving hely, slowly or awkwardly. 3. Awkward; ungainly; andy artless; without readiness, dexterity or grace. 4. I made, badly constructed. €LUNCH, 2. Among miners, indurated clay, found in coal pt next to the coal. Bailey. €LUNG, pret, and pp, of cling, which see. ** L."NG, v. 1. To shrink. See CLING. • € LƯNG, a. Wasted with leanness; shrunk with cold. €IC*\Þä, s. One of a reformed order of Benedictine mza mika, so called from Cluni, în Burgundy. CLUSTER, . Sax. cluster.) 1. A bunch; a number of things of the same kind growing or joined together; a 4. 2. A number of individuals or things collected or gathered into a close body. 3. A number of things situate tear each other. €LI STYR, r. 1. 1. To grow in clusters; to gather or asite in a bunch, or bunches. 2. To form into flakes. 3. Theet into flocks or crowds. €LUSTER, . t. To collect into a bunch, or close body. crowded. CLUSTER-GRAPE, n. A small black grape. CLUSTER-ING, ppr. Growing in a cluster, or in bunches uniting in a bunch, or in a flock, crowd, or close body. CLUSTER-Y, a. Growing in clusters; full of clusters. CLUTCH, v. t. 1. To double in the fingers, and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. 2. To seize, clasp or gripe with the hand. 3. To seize, or grasp. ЄĽUTCH, n. A griping or pinching with the fingers; seizure; grasp. CLUTCH ES, plu. 1. The paws or talons of a rapacious animal, as of a cat or dog. 2. The hands, in the sense of instruments of rapacity or cruelty, or of power. CLUTTER, n. [W. cluder.] 1. A heap or assemblage of things lying in confusion. 2. Noise; bustle. CLUTTER, v. t. To crowd together in disorder; to fill with things in confusion. CLUTTER, v. i. To make a bustle, or fill with confusion. CLUTTERED, pp. Encumbered with things in disorder. CLUTTER-ING, ppr. Encumbering with things in confu sion. *ЄLYS/TER, n. [Gr. Kλvernp.] An injection; a liquid substance injected into the lower intestines. ELYS TER-IZE, v. i. To apply a clyster. Cotgrave. CO-A-CERVIATE, a. [L. coacervatus.] Heaped; raised COACH, n. [Fr. coche.] A close vehicle for commodious traveling, borne on four wheels, and drawn by horses or other animals. It differs from a chariot in having seats in front, as well as behind.-Hackney-coach, a coach kept for hire.-Mail-coach, a coach that carries the public mails. -Stage-coach, a coach that regularly conveys passengers from town to town. See STAGE. COACH, or COUCH, n. An apartment in a large ship of war near the stern, the roof of which is formed by the poop Mar. Dict. COACH, v. t. To carry in a coach. Pope. †¤õАCH, v. i. To ride in a coach. Waterhouse. ¤OACH1-BOX, a. The seat on which the driver of a coach sits. Arbuthnot. COACH-HIRE, n. Money paid for the use of a hired coach. COACH-HORSE, n. A horse used in drawing coaches. COACH'-HOUSE, n. A house to shelter a coach from the weather. Swift. COACH-MA-KER, n. A man whose occupation is to make coaches. Sicift. ¤OACH'FUL, n. A coach filled with persons. Addison. €O-A€1TION, n. [L. coactio.] Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. South. €O-ACTIVE, a. 1. Forcing; compulsory; having the power to impel or restrain. Raleigh. 2. Acting in concur rence. CO-ACTIVE-LY, adv. In a compulsory manner. *CO-AD-JO/MENT, n. Mutual assistance. *€O-AD-JUTANT, a. [L. con and adjutans.] Helping; mutually assisting or operating. €O-AD-JÓTOR, n. 1. One who aids another; an assistant; a fellow-helper; an associate in operation.-2. In the canon law, one who is empowered or appointed to perform the duties of another. CÓ-AD-J TOR-SHIP, n. Joint aid. ЄO-ADU-NATE, a. [L. coadunatus.] In botany, cordunate leaves are several united at the base. CO-AD-U-NITION, . The union of different substances in one mass. [Little used.] Hale. CO-AD-VENTURER, n. A fellow adventurer. CO-AF FOR EST, v. t. To convert ground into a forest. CO-A'GENT, #. An assistant or associate in an act. Beaum. † CO-AG-MENT', r. t. [L. coagmento.] To congregate of heap together. Glanville. CO-AG-MEN-TATION, n. Collection into a mass or united body; union; conjunction. [Little used.] CO-AG MENTED, 4. Congregated; heaped together; united in one mass. [Little used.] CO-AG-U-LA-BIL/I-TY, n. The capacity of being coagu congealing or changing from a liquid to an inspissated state. CO-AGU-LATE, v. t. [L. coagulo.] To concrete; to cur- CO-AGU-LATE, v. i. To curdle or congeal; to turn from ; to CO-AG'U-LA-TED, pp. Concreted; curdled. CO-AGU-LA-TIVE, a. That has the power to cause con- CO-AGU-LA-TOR, n. That which causes coagulation. CO-A'I-TI, n. A species of monkey in South America. 156 COAL, n. [Sax. col, or coll.] 1. A piece of wood, or other combustible substance, ignited, burning, or charred. 2. In the language of chemists, any substance containing oil, which has been exposed to a fire in a close vessel, so that its volatile matter is expelled, and it can sustain a red heat without further decomposition.-3. In mineralogy, a solid, opaque, inflammable substance, found in the earth, and, by way of distinction, called fossil coal. COAL, v. t. 1. To burn to coal, or charcoal; to char. 2. To mark or delineate with charcoal. COAL-BLACK, a. Black as a coal; very black. COAL-BOX, n. A box to carry coal to the fire. Swift. COAL-FISH, n. A species of gadus, or cod. COAL-HOUSE, n. A house or shed for keeping coal. COAL-MINE, n. A mine or pit in which coal is dug. COAL-MINER, n. One who works in a coal-mine. COAL-MOUSE, n. A smal! species of tit-mouse, with a black head. COAL-PIT, n. A pit where coal is dug-In America, a COAL-SHIP, n. A ship employed in transporting coal. COAL-WORK, n. A coalery; a place where coal is dug, 3. CO-A-LESCE', (ko-a-less') v. i. [L. coalesco.] 1. To grow CO-A-LES'CING, ppr. Growing or coming together; unit- COA-LITE, v. i. To unite or coalesce. Bolingbroke. CO-A-LI"TION, n. 1. Union in a body or mass; a coming together, as of separate bodies or parts, and their union in one body or mass. 2 Union of individual persons, parties or states. CO-AL-LY', n. A joint ally; as, the subject of a co-ally. Kent. FOALY, a. Like coal; containing coal. Milton CGAMINGS, In ships, the raised borders or edges of the hatches. CO-AP-PRE-HEND, v. t. To apprehend with another. CO-AP-TATION, n. The adaptation or adjustment of parts CO-ARCTATE, v. t. [L. coarcto.] 1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. 2. To restrain; to confine. CO-ARE-TATION, n. 1. Confinement; restraint to a narrow space. 2. Pressure; contraction. 3. Restraint of liberty. COARSE, a. 1. Thick; large or gross in bulk; comparatively of large diameter. 2 Thick; rough; or made of coarse thread or yarn from grosser particles or impurities. 4. Rude; rough; 3. Not refined; not separated unrefined; uncivil. rough; unpolished; inelegant. 7. Not nicely expert; 5. Gross; not delicate. 6. Rude; not accomplished by art or education. nice; not refined or elegant. 8. Mean; not COARSELY, adv. Roughly; without fineness or refinement; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly; without art or polish. COARSE NESS, n. 1. Largeness of size; thickness.. 2. The quality of being made of coarse thread or yarn ; whence thickness and roughness. 3. Unrefined state; the state of being mixed with gross particles or impurities. 4. Roughness; grossness; rudeness. 5. Grossness; want of II COB refinement or delicacy; want of polish. 6 Meanness COAST, n. [L. costa; W. cost; Fr. côte.] 1. The exteri- COAST, v. t. 1. To sail by or near to. 2. To draw near; COAST ER, n. 1. One who sails near the shore. 2. A COASTING-PILOT, n. A pilot who conducts vessels along a coast. COAST ING-TRADE, n. The trade which is carried on between the different ports of the same country. COASTING-VES/SEL, n. A vessel employed in coasting; a coaster. COAT, n. [Fr. cotte.] 1. An upper garment. 2. A petticoat; a garment worn by infants or young children. 3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office. 4. External covering, as the fur or hair of a beast. 5. A tunic of the eye; a membrane that serves as a cover; a tegument. 6. The division or layer of a bulbous root. 7. A cover; a layer of any substance covering another. 8. That on which ensigns armorial are portrayed, usually called a coat of arms. 9. A coat of mail is a piece of armor, in form of a shirt, consisting of a net-work of iron rings. 10. A card; a coat-card is one on which a king, queen or knave is painted. COAT, v. t. 1. To cover or spread over with a layer of any €ŌATED, pp. 1. Covered with a coat; loricated; covered COATING, ppr. Covering with a coat; overspreading. COATING, n. 1. A covering, or the act of covering; lorication; any substance spread over for cover or defense. 2. Cloth for coats; as, merchants advertise an assortment of coatings. €ŌAX, (kõks) v. t. [W. cocru.] To wheedle; to flatter; to †ЄōAX, n. A dupe. Beaumont and Fletcher. COAX'ER, n. A wheedler; a flatterer. COB, n. [W. cob, or cop.] 1. The top or head; a covetous COB, v. t. In seamen's language, to punish by striking the COB BLE, or COBBLE-STONE, n. [Eng. copple.] A round- ders. COBBLE, v. t. 1. To make or mend coarsely, as shoes; to botch. 2. To make or do clumsily or unhandily. Dry den. COBBLER, n. 1. A mender of shoes. 2. A clumsy work † ЄOBBY, a. Stout; brisk. Chaucer. COB BLING, ppr. Mending coarsely. |