CLARINET
CLARINET, noun A wind instrument of music.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CLARION
CLARION, noun A kind of trumpet, whose tube is narrower and its tone more acute and shrill than that of the common trumpet.
CLARITUDE
CLARITUDE, noun Clearness, brightness; splendor.
CLARY
CLARY, verb intransitive To make a loud or shrill noise.CLARY, noun A plant of the genus Salvia, or sage.
CLARY-WATER
CLARY-WATER, noun A composition of brandy, sugar, clary-glowers, and cinnamon, with a little ambergris dissolved in it. It is a cardiac and helps digestion.
CLASH
CLASH, verb intransitive1. To strike against; to drive against with force.Note. The sense of this word is simply to strike against or meet with force; but when two sounding bodi...
CLASHING
CLASHING, participle present tense Striking against with noise; meeting in opposition; opposing; interfering.CLASHING, noun A striking against; collision of bodies; opposition.
CLASP
CLASP, noun1. A hook for fastening; a catch; a small hook to hold together the covers of a book, or the different parts of a garment, of a belt, etc.2. A close embrace; a throwi...
CLASP-KNIFE
CLASP-KNIFE, noun A knife which folds into the handle.
CLASPED
CLASPED, participle passive Fastened with a clasp; shut; embraced; inclosed; encompassed; caught.
CLASPER
CLASPER, noun He or that which clasps; usually the tendril of a vine or other plant, which twines round something for support.
CLASPERED
CLASPERED, adjective Furnished with tendrils.
CLASPING
CLASPING, participle present tense1. Twining round; catching and holding; embracing; inclosing; shutting or fastening with a clasp.2. In botany, surrounding the stem at the base...
CLASS
CLASS, noun1. An order or rank of persons; a number of persons in society, supposed to have some resemblance or equality, in rank, education, property, talents, and the like; as...
CLASSIC
CLASSIC,CLASSICAL, adjective1. Relating to ancient Greek and Roman authors of the first rank or estimation, which, in modern times, have been and still are studied as the best m...
CLASSICALLY
CLASSICALLY, adverb1. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes, or sets.It would be impossible to bear all its specific details in the memory, if they w...
CLASSIFIC
CLASSIFIC, adjective Constituting a class or classes; noting classification, or the order of distribution into sets.
CLASSIFICATION
CLASSIFICATION, noun [See Classify.] The act of forming into a class or classes; distribution into sets, sorts or ranks.
CLASSIFIED
CLASSIFIED, participle passive Arranged in classes; formed into a class or classes.
CLASSIFY
CLASSIFY, verb transitive To make a class or classes; to distribute into classes; to arrange in sets according to some common properties or characters.The diseases and casualtie...
CLASSIFYING
CLASSIFYING, participle present tense Forming a class or classes; arranging in sorts or ranks.
CLASSIS
CLASSIS, noun1. Class; order; sort.2. A convention or assembly.
CLATTER
CLATTER, verb intransitive1. To make rattling sounds; to make repeated sharp sounds, as by striking sonorous bodies; as, to clatter on a shield.2. To utter continual or repeated...
CLATTERER
CLATTERER, noun One who clatters; a babbler.
CLATTERING
CLATTERING, participle present tense Making or uttering sharp, abrupt sounds, as by a collision of sonorous bodies; talking fast with noise; rattling.CLATTERING, noun A rattling...
CLAUDENT
CLAUDENT, adjective Shutting; confining; drawing together; as a claudent muscle.
CLAUDICANT
CLAUDICANT, adjective Halting; limping.