Clachan Clach"an noun [ Scot., from Gael.]
A small village containing a church. [ Scot.]
Sir W. Scott Sitting at the clachon alehouse .
R. Latin Stevenson.
Clack Clack intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Clacked ;
present participle & verbal noun Clacking .] [ Prob. of imitative origin; confer French
claquer to clap, crack, Dutch
klakken , Middle High German
klac crack, Ir.
clagaim I make a noise, ring. Confer
Clack ,
noun ,
Clatter ,
Click .]
1. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches.
Thackeray.
2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
Clack Clack transitive verb 1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click. 2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham. To clack wool ,
to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty . [ Eng.]
Clack Clack noun [ Confer French
claque a slap or smack, Middle High German
klac crack, W.
clec crack, gossip. See
Clack ,
transitive verb ]
1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object. 2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve. 3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating. Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack .
South.
Clack box (Machinery) ,
the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. --
Clack dish ,
a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak. Clack door (Mining) ,
removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. --
Clack valve (Machinery) ,
a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.
Clacker Clack"er noun 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill. 2. A claqueur. See Claqueur .
Clad Clad transitive verb To clothe. [ Obsolete]
Holland.
Clad Clad imperfect & past participle of Clothe .
Cladocera Cla·doc"e·ra noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... a sprout + ... a horn.]
(Zoology) An order of the Entomostraca. » They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of antenæ, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water.
Cladophyll Clad"o·phyll noun [ Greek ... a sprout + ... a leaf.]
(Botany) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom ( Ruscus ) and of the common cultivated smilax ( Myrsiphillum ).
Claggy Clag"gy adjective [ Confer
Clog .]
Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.
Claik Claik noun See Clake .
Claim Claim (klām)
v..... [
imperfect & past participle Claimed (klāmd);
present participle & verbal noun Claiming .] [ Middle English
clamen ,
claimen , Old French
clamer , from Latin
clamare to cry out, call; akin to
calare to proclaim, Greek ... to call, Sanskrit
kal to sound, German
holen to fetch, English
hale haul.]
1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due. 2. To proclaim. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 3. To call or name. [ Obsolete]
Spenser. 4. To assert; to maintain. [ Colloq.]
Claim Claim intransitive verb To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims , came by his authority.
Locke.
Claim Claim noun [ Of.
claim cry, complaint, from
clamer . See
Claim , transitive verb ]
1. 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. 2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant. "A bar to all
claims upon land."
Hallam. 3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim ; a miner's claim . [ U.S. & Australia]
4. A loud call. [ Obsolete]
Spenser To lay claim to ,
to demand as a right. "Doth he
lay claim to thine inheritance?"
Shak.
Claimable Claim"a·ble adjective Capable of being claimed.
Claimant Claim"ant noun [ Confer Old French
clamant , present participle of
clamer . Confer
Clamant .]
One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Claimer Claim"er noun One who claims; a claimant.
Claimless Claim"less adjective Having no claim.
Clair-obscur Clair"-ob·scur" noun [ French See
Clare-obscure .]
See Chiaroscuro .
Clairaudience Clair·au"di·ence noun [ French
clair clear + F. & English
audience a hearing. See
Clear .]
Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.
Clairaudient Clair·au"di·ent adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.
Clairaudient Clair·au"di·ent noun One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.
Claire Claire noun [ French]
A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
Clairvoyance Clair·voy"ance noun [ French]
A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
Clairvoyant Clair·voy"ant adjective [ French, from
clair clear +
voyant , present participle of
voir to see. See
Clear , and
Vision .]
Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Clairvoyant Clair·voy"ant noun One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
Clake, Claik Clake, Claik noun (Zoology) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose .
Clam Clam noun [ Confer
Clamp ,
Clam ,
transitive verb ,
Clammy .]
1. (Zoology) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam ( Mya arenaria ), the quahog or round clam ( Venus mercenaria ), the sea clam or hen clam ( Spisula solidissima ), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas , a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes , or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure.
Capt. John Smith (1616).
Clams , or clamps , is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand.
Wood (1634).
2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps. 3. plural (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam .
See under Blood .
Clam Clam (clăm)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Clammed (klămd);
present participle & verbal noun Clamming .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icelandic
kleima to smear, Old High German
kleimjan ,
chleimen , to defile, or English
clammy .]
To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter. A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again.
L'Estrange.
Clam Clam intransitive verb To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [ R.]
Dryden
Clam Clam noun Claminess; moisture. [ R.] "The
clam of death."
Carlyle.
Clam Clam noun [ Abbrev. from
clamor .]
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares.
Clam Clam transitive verb & i. To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares.
Clamant Cla"mant adjective [ Latin
clamans , present participle of clamare to call. Confer
Claimant .]
Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. "
Clamant children."
Thomson.
Clamation Cla·ma"tion noun [ Late Latin
clamatio , from Latin
clamare to call.]
The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne.
Clamatores Clam`a·to"res noun plural [ Latin
clamator , plural
clamatores , a bawler.]
(Zoology) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
Clamatorial Clam`a·to"rial adjective (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
Clambake Clam"bake noun The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
Clamber Clam"ber intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Clambered ;
present participle & verbal noun Clambering .] [ OE
clambren ,
clameren , to heap together, climb; akin to Icelandic
klambra to clamp, German
klammern . Confer
Clamp ,
Climb .]
To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill.
Tennyson.
Clamber Clam"ber noun The act of clambering. T. Moore.
Clamber Clam"ber transitive verb To ascend by climbing with difficulty. Clambering the walls to eye him.
Shak.
Clamjamphrie Clam·jam"phrie noun Low, worthless people; the rabble. [ Scot.]
Jamieson.
Clammily Clam"mi·ly adverb In a clammy manner. "Oozing so
clammily ."
Hood.
Clamminess Clam"mi·ness noun State of being clammy or viscous.
Clammy Clam"my adjective [
Compar. Clammier ; superl.
Clammiest .] [ Confer Anglo-Saxon
clām clay. See
Clam to clog, and confer
Clay .]
Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
Clamor Clam"or noun [ Old French
clamour ,
clamur , French
clameur , from Latin
clamor , from
clamare to cry out. See
Claim .]
1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. Shak. 2. Any loud and continued noise. Addison. 3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay. Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
Clamor Clam"or transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Clamored ;
present participle & verbal noun Clamoring .]
1. To salute loudly. [ R.]
The people with a shout
Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise.
Milton .
2. To stun with noise. [ R.]
Bacon. 3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly.
Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang.
Bp. Warbur...ion.
Clamor Clam"or intransitive verb To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands. The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night.
Shak.
Clamorer Clam"or·er noun One who clamors.
Clamorous Clam"or·ous adjective [ Late Latin
clamorosus , for Latin
Clamosus : confer Old French
clamoreux .]
Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were
clamorous for a morning's excursion."
Southey. --
Clam"or*ous*ly ,
adverb --
Clam"or*ous*ness ,
noun
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