Cloggy Clog"gy adjective Clogging, or having power to clog.

Cloisonné Cloi`son·né adjective [ French, partitioned, from cloison a partition.] 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 champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

Cloister Clois"ter noun [ Old French cloistre , French cloître , Latin claustrum , plural claustra , bar, bolt, bounds, from claudere , clausum , to close. See Close , transitive verb , and confer Claustral .]

1. An inclosed place. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; ( plural ) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

But let my due feet never fail
To walk the studious cloister's pale.
Milton.

3. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Fitter for a cloister than a crown.
Daniel.

Cloister garth (Architecture) , the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters.

Syn. -- Cloister , Monastery , Nunnery , Convent , Abbey , Priory . Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a place of seclusion from the world for persons who devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of seclusion from the world, that of convent , community of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called a monastery ; for nuns , a nunnery . An abbey is a convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.

Cloister Clois"ter transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cloistered ; present participle & verbal noun Cloistering .] To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.

None among them are thought worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery.
Sharp.

Cloisteral Clois"ter·al adjective Cloistral. [ Obsolete] I. Walton.

Cloistered Clois"tered adjective 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. " Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." Hudibras.

In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
Shenstone.

2. Furnished with cloisters. Sir H. Wotton.

Cloisterer Clois"ter·er noun [ Confer Old French cloistier .] One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

Cloistral Clois"tral adjective Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [ Written also cloisteral .]

Best become a cloistral exercise.
Daniel.

Cloistress Clois"tress noun A nun. [ R.] Shak.

Cloke Cloke noun & v. See Cloak. [ Obsolete]

Clomb, Clomben Clomb, Clomb"en imperfect & past participle of Climb (for climbed ). [ Obsolete]

The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene.
Chaucer.

Clomp Clomp noun See Clamp .

Clong Clong imperfect of Cling . [ Obsolete]

Clonic Clon"ic adjective [ Greek klo`nos a violent, confused motion; confer French clonique .] (Medicine) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison.

Clonic spasm . (Medicine) See under Spasm .

Clonus Clo"nus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... violent, confused motion.] (Medicine) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, -- a sign of certain neuropathies.

Cloom Cloom transitive verb [ A variant of clam to clog.] To close with glutinous matter. [ Obsolete] Mortimer.

Cloop Cloop noun [ An onomatopœia.] The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.

Cloot Cloot noun [ Confer G. dial. kleuzen to split.] (Scot. & Dial. Eng.) 1. One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.

2. The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the plural Burns.

Clootie Cloot"ie noun (Scot. & Dial. Eng.) 1. A little hoof.

2. The Devil. "Satan, Nick, or Clootie ." Burns.

Close Close transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Closed ; present participle & verbal noun Closing .] [ From Old French & French clos , past participle of clore to close, from Latin claudere ; akin to German schliessen to shut, and to English clot , cloister , clavicle , conclude , sluice . Confer Clause , noun ] 1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up .

3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

One frugal supper did our studies close .
Dryden.

4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about.
Jonah ii. 5.

But now thou dost thyself immure and close
In some one corner of a feeble heart.
Herbert.

A closed sea , a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.

Close Close intransitive verb 1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?
Byron.

2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

3. To grapple; to engage in hand-to-hand fight.

They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest.
Prescott.

To close on or upon , to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage." Sir W. Temple. -- To close with . (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Nautical) , to approach the land.

Close Close noun 1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [ Obsolete]

The doors of plank were; their close exquisite.
Chapman.

2. Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.

His long and troubled life was drawing to a close .
Macaulay.

3. A grapple in wrestling. Bacon.

4. (Mus.) (a) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b) A double bar marking the end.

At every close she made, the attending throng
Replied, and bore the burden of the song.
Dryden.

Syn. -- Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.

Close Close noun [ Old French & French clos an inclosure, from clos , past participle of clore . See Close , transitive verb ] 1. An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.

Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons.
Macaulay.

2. A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [ Eng.] Halliwell

3. (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. Bouvier.

Close Close adjective [ Compar. Closer ; superl. Closest .] [ Of. & French clos , past participle of clore . See Close , transitive verb ] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.

From a close bower this dainty music flowed.
Dryden.

2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.

3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.

If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close , . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal.
Bacon.

4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.

5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He yet kept himself close because of Saul." 1 Chron. xii. 1

"Her close intent."
Spenser.

6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For secrecy, no lady closer ." Shak.

7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.

The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal.
Locke.

8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass." Dryden.

9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to .

Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall.
Mortimer.

The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay.
G. Eliot.

10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close .

11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.

League with you I seek
And mutual amity, so strait, so close ,
That I with you must dwell, or you with me.
Milton.

12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. "A close contest." Prescott.

13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close . Bartlett.

14. Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.

15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. Locke.

16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open .

Close borough . See under Borough . -- Close breeding . See under Breeding . -- Close communion , communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. -- Close corporation , a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization . (Botany) See Fertilization . -- Close harmony (Mus.) , compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time , a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.) , a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. -- Close to the wind (Nautical) , directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

Close Close adverb 1. In a close manner.

2. Secretly; darkly. [ Obsolete]

A wondrous vision which did close imply
The course of all her fortune and posterity.
Spenser.

Close-banded Close"-band`ed adjective Closely united.

Close-barred Close"-barred` adjective Firmly barred or closed.

Close-bodied Close"-bod`ied adjective Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.

Close-fights Close"-fights` noun plural (Nautical) 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 . [ Obsolete]

Close-stool Close"-stool` noun 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.

Close-tongued Close"-tongued` adjective Closemouthed; silent. " Close-tongued treason." Shak.

Closefisted Close"fist`ed adjective Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. " Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.

Closehanded Close"hand`ed adjective Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness , noun

Closehauled Close"hauled` adjective (Nautical) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Closely Close"ly adverb 1. In a close manner.

2. Secretly; privately. [ Obsolete]

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tears which
closely she did weepe.
Spenser.

Closemouthed Close"mouthed` adjective Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Closen Clos"en transitive verb To make close. [ R.]

Closeness Close"ness noun The state of being close.

Half stifled by the closeness of the room.
Swift.

We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius.
Bacon.

An affectation of closeness and covetousness.
Addison.

Syn. -- Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.

Closer Clos"er noun 1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot .

2. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.

3. (Masonry) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

Closereefed Close"reefed` adjective (Nautical) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Closet Clos"et noun [ Old French closet little inclosure, dim. of clos . See Close an inclosure.] 1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

A chair-lumbered closet , just twelve feet by nine.
Goldsmith.

When thou prayest, enter into thy closet .
Matt. vi. 6.

2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden.

Closet sin , sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.

Closet Clos"et transitive verb [ imperfect & present participle & verbal noun Closeting .] 1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [ R.]

Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge.
Cowper.

2. To make into a closet for a secret interview.

He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
Bancroft.

He had been closeted with De Quadra.
Froude.

Closh Closh noun [ CF. French clocher to limp, halt.] A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis. Crabb.

Closh Closh noun [ CF. Dutch klossen to play at bowls.] The game of ninepins. [ Obsolete] Halliwell.

Closure Clo"sure noun [ Of. closure, Latin clausura , from clauedere to shut. See Close , transitive verb ] 1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever.
Pope.

3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

O thou bloody prison . . .
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the Second here was hacked to death.
Shak.

4. A conclusion; an end. [ Obsolete] Shak.

5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question . It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Clot Clot noun [ Middle English clot , clodde , clod; akin to Dutch kloot ball, German kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Danish klods , Swedish klot bowl, globe, klots block; confer Anglo-Saxon clāte bur. Confer Clod , noun , Clutter to clot.] A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. " Clots of pory gore." Addison.

Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.
Bacon.

» Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.

Clot Clot intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Clotted ; present participle & verbal noun Clotting .] To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

Clot Clot transitive verb To form into a slimy mass.

Clotbur Clot"bur` noun [ Confer Clote .] 1. The burdock. [ Prov. Engl.] Prior.

2. Same as Cocklebur .

Clote Clote noun [ Anglo-Saxon cl...te : confer German klette .] The common burdock; the clotbur. [ Obsolete] Wyclif.

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