CLAIMED
CLAIMED, participle passive Demanded as due; challenged as a right; asserted; maintained.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CLAIMER
CLAIMER, noun A claimant; one who demands as due.
CLAIMING
CLAIMING, participle present tense Demanding as due; challenging as a right; asserting; maintaining; having a right to demand.
CLAIR-OBSCURE
CLAIR-OBSCURE. [See Clare-obscure.]
CLAM
CLAM, noun [See the Verb.] The popular name of certain bivalvular shell-fish, of many species.
CLAM-SHELL
CLAM-SHELL, noun The shell of a clam.CLAM, verb transitive To clog with glutinous or viscous matter.CLAM, verb intransitive To be moist.
CLAMANT
CLAMANT, [See Claim.] Crying, beseeching.
CLAMBER
CLAMBER, verb intransitive [from climb, or D. Klampen, to grapple.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet.
CLAMBERING
CLAMBERING, participle present tense Climbing with effort and labor.
CLAMMINESS
CLAMMINESS, noun [See Clammy.] The state of being viscous; viscosity; stickiness; tenacity of a soft substance.
CLAMMY
CLAMMY, adjective [See Clam.] Thick, viscous, adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; tenacious; as, bodies clammy and cleaving.Cold sweat, in clammy drops, his limbs oer-spread.
CLAMOR
CLAMOR, noun1. A great outcry; noise; exclamation; vociferation, made by a loud human voice continued or repeated, or by a multitude of voices. It often expresses complaint and ...
CLAMORER
CLAMORER, noun One who clamors.
CLAMORING
CLAMORING, participle present tense Uttering and repeating loud words; making a great and continued noise; particularly in complaint or importunate demands.
CLAMOROUS
CLAMOROUS, adjective Speaking and repeating loud words; noisy; vociferous; loud; turbulent.
CLAMOROUSLY
CLAMOROUSLY, adverb With loud noise, or words.
CLAMOROUSNESS
CLAMOROUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being loud or noisy.
CLAMP
CLAMP, noun1. In general, something that fastens or binds; a piece of timber or of iron, used to fasten work together; or a particular manner of uniting work by letting boards i...
CLAMPED
CLAMPED, participle passive United or strengthened with a clamp.
CLAMPING
CLAMPING, participle present tense Fastening or strengthening with a clamp.
CLAN
CLAN, noun1. A race; a family; a tribe. Hence, an association of persons under a chieftain.2. In contempt, a sect, society, or body of persons closely united by some common inte...
CLANCULAR
CLANCULAR, adjective Clandestine; secret; private; concealed.
CLANCULARLY
CLANCULARLY, adverb Privately; secretly.
CLANDESTINE
CLANDESTINE, adjective Secret; private; hidden; withdrawn from public view. It often bears an ill sense, as implying craft or deception, or evil design.
CLANDESTINELY
CLANDESTINELY, adverb Secretly; privately; in secret.
CLANDESTINENESS
CLANDESTINENESS, noun Secrecy; a state of concealment.
CLANG
CLANG, verb transitive To make a sharp, shrill sound, as by striking metallic substances; or to strike with a sharp sound.They clanged their sounding arms.CLANG, noun A sharp, s...