Clinostat Cli"no·stat noun [ Greek ... to incline + ... to make to stand.] (Botany) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated.

Clinquant Clin"quant adjective [ French] Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Clinquant Clin"quant noun Tinsel; Dutch gold.

Clio Cli"o noun [ Latin , from Greek ... the proclaimer, from ... to call, tell of, make famous.] (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over history.

Clione Cli·o"ne noun 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 .

Clip Clip (klĭp) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Clipped (klĭpt); present participle & verbal noun Clipping .] [ Middle English cluppen , clippen , to embrace, Anglo-Saxon clyran to embrace, clasp; confer Old High German kluft tongs, shears, Icel, klȳpa to pinch, squeeze, also Middle English clippen to cut, shear, Danish klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icelandic klippa .] 1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.

O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about,
Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself.
Shak.

2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Sentenced to have his ears clipped .
Macaulay.

3. To curtail; to cut short.

All my reports go with the modest truth;
No more nor clipped , but so.
Shak.

In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs.
Swift.

Clip Clip (klĭp) intransitive verb To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it .

Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.
Dryden.

Clip Clip noun 1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney.

2. A cutting; a shearing.

3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak . Youatt.

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip . [ Colloq. U. S.]

Clip Clip noun 1. (Machinery) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.

2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

3. A rapid gait. "A three-minute clip ." Kipling.

Clipper Clip"per noun 1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.

The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket.
Locke.

2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

3. (Nautical) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. -- Clip"per- built` adjective

» The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.

Clipping Clip"ping noun 1. The act of embracing. [ Obsolete]

2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money.
Locke.

3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings .

Clique Clique noun [ French, from Old French cliquer to click. See Click , intransitive verb ] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; - - generally used in a bad sense.

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

Cliquish Cli"quish adjective Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.

-- Cli"*quish*ness , noun

Cliquism Cli"quism noun The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

Clitellus Cli·tel"lus noun [ New Latin , probably from Latin clitellae a packsadle.] (Zoology) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.

Clitoris Cli"to·ris noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to shut up. It is concealed by the labia pudendi .] (Anat.) A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

Clivers Cliv"ers noun See Cleavers .

Clivity Cliv"i·ty noun ; plural Clivities . [ Latin clivus hill.] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [ R.]

Cloaca Clo"a"ca noun ; plural Cloacæ . [ Latin ] 1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

2. A privy.

3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

Cloacal Clo·a"cal adjective Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

Cloak Cloak noun [ Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, French cloche bell; perhaps of Celtic origin and the same word as English clock . See 1st Clock .] 1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak .
South.

Cloak bag , a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.

Cloak Cloak transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cloaked ; present participle & verbal noun Cloaking .] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.

Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.
Spenser.

Syn. -- See Palliate .

Cloakedly Cloak"ed·ly adverb In a concealed manner.

Cloaking Cloak"ing noun 1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings .
Strype.

2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.

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

Cloche Cloche noun [ French, prop., bell.] (Aëronautics) An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, 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.

Clock Clock noun [ Anglo-Saxon clucge bell; akin to Dutch klok clock, bell, German glocke , Danish klokke , Swedish klocka , Icelandic klukka bell, Late Latin clocca , cloca (whence French cloche ); al perhaps of Celtic origin; confer Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Confer Cloak .] 1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.

2. A watch, esp. one that strikes. [ Obsolete] Walton.

3. The striking of a clock. [ Obsolete] Dryden.

4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift.

» The phrases what o'clock ? it is nine o'clock , etc., are contracted from what of the clock ? it is nine of the clock , etc.

Alarm clock . See under Alarm . -- Astronomical clock . (a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. (b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc. -- Electric clock . (a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism. (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus. -- Ship's clock (Nautical) , a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches. -- Sidereal clock , an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time.

Clock Clock (klŏk) transitive verb To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

Clock Clock transitive verb & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck . [ R.]

Clock Clock noun (Zoology) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle ( Scarabæus stercorarius ).

Clocklike Clock"like` (klŏk"līk`) adjective Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.

Their services are clocklike , to be set
Backward and forward at their lord's command.
B. Jonson.

Clockwise Clock"wise` adjective & adverb Like the motion of the hands of a clock; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.

Clockwork Clock"work` (-wûrk`) noun The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

Clod Clod (klŏd) noun [ Middle English clodde , latter form of clot . See Clot .] 1. A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. " Clods of a slimy substance." Carew. " Clods of iron and brass." Milton. " Clods of blood." E. Fairfax.

The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod , is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod .
Bacon.

2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

The clod
Where once their sultan's horse has trod .
Swift.

3. That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.

This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us.
T. Burnet.

4. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt Dryden.

5. A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef .

Clod Clod (klŏd) v. i To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot .

Clodded in lumps of clay.
G. Fletcher.

Clod Clod transitive verb 1. To pelt with clods. Jonson.

2. To throw violently; to hurl. [ Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Cloddish Clod"dish adjective Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.

-- Clod"dish*ness , noun

Cloddy Clod"dy adjective Consisting of clods; full of clods.

Clodhopper Clod"hop`per noun A rude, rustic fellow.

Clodhopping Clod"hop`ping adjective Boorish; rude. C. Bronté.

Clodpate Clod"pate` noun A blockhead; a dolt.

Clodpated Clod"pat`ed adjective Stupid; dull; doltish.

Clodpoll Clod"poll` noun [ Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [ Written also clodpole .] Shak.

Cloff Cloff noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] 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. [ Written also clough .] McCulloch.

Clog Clog noun [ Middle English clogge clog, Scot. clag , noun , a clot, v. , to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; probably of the same origin as English clay .] 1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression.
Burke.

2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
And quits his clog .
Hudibras.

A clog of lead was round my feet.
Tennyson.

3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Confer Chopine .

In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs .
Harvey.

Clog almanac , a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff , from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance , a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer .

Clog Clog transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Clogged ; present participle & verbal noun Clogging .] 1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
Dryden.

2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

The commodities are clogged with impositions.
Addison.

You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer.
Shak.

Syn. -- Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clog Clog intransitive verb 1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog .
S. Sharp.

2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together.
Evelyn.

Clogginess Clog"gi·ness noun The state of being clogged.

Clogging Clog"ging noun Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More.

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