CLOUTERLY
CLOUTERLY, adjective Clumsy; awkward.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CLOVE
CLOVE, preterit tense of cleave.CLOVE, noun [See Cleave.] A cleft; a fissure; a gap; a ravine. This word, though properly an appellative, is not often used as such in English; b...
CLOVE-GILLY-GLOWER
CLOVE-GILLY-GLOWER, noun A species of Dianthus, bearing a beautiful flower, cultivated in gardens; called also Carnation pink.Note: Some writers suppose that gilly-flower should...
CLOVEN
CLOVEN, participle passive of cleave. Divided; parted; pronounced clovn.
CLOVEN-FOOTED
CLOVEN-FOOTED,CLOVEN-HOOFED, adjective Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox; bisulcous.
CLOVEN-HOOFED
CLOVEN-HOOFED, a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox; bisulcous.
CLOVER
CLOVER,CLOVER-GRASS, noun A genus of plants, called Trifolium, trefoil, or three-leafed, Fr. trefle. The species are numerous. The red clover is generally cultivated for fodder ...
CLOVER-GRASS
CLOVER-GRASS, n. A genus of plants, called Trifolium, trefoil, or three-leafed, Fr. trefle. The species are numerous. The red clover is generally cultivated for fodder and for e...
CLOVERED
CLOVERED, adjective Covered with clover.
CLOWN
CLOWN, noun A countryman; a rustic; hence, one who has the manners of a rustic; a churl; a man of coarse manners; an ill-bred man.
CLOWNAGE
CLOWNAGE, noun The manners of a clown.
CLOWNERY
CLOWNERY, noun Ill-breeding; rustic behavior; rudeness of manners.
CLOWNISH
CLOWNISH, adjective1. Containing clowns; consisting of rustics; as a clownish neighborhood.2. Coarse; hard; rugged; rough; as clownish hands.3. Of rough manners; ill-bred; as a ...
CLOY
CLOY, verb transitive1. Strictly, to fill; to glut. Hence, to satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate. And as the appetite when satisfied rejects additional food, hence, to fill to...
CLOYED
CLOYED, participle passive Filled; glutted; filled to satiety and lothing; spiked; pricked in shoeing.
CLOYING
CLOYING, participle present tense Filling; filling to satety, or disgust.
CLOYLESS
CLOYLESS, adjective That cannot cloy, or fill to satiety.
CLOYMENT
CLOYMENT, noun Surfeit; repletion beyond the demands of appetite.
CLUB
CLUB, noun1. Properly, a stick or piece or wood with one end thicker and heavier than the other, and no larger than can be wielded with the hand.2. A thick heavy stick, that may...
CLUB-FIST
CLUB-FIST, noun A large heavy fist.
CLUB-FISTED
CLUB-FISTED, adjective Having a large fist.
CLUB-FOOTED
CLUB-FOOTED, adjective Having short or crooked feet.
CLUB-HEADED
CLUB-HEADED, adjective Having a thick head.
CLUB-LAW
CLUB-LAW, noun Government by clubs, or violence; the use of arms, or force, in place of law; anarchy.
CLUB-ROOM
CLUB-ROOM, noun The apartment in which a club meets.
CLUB-RUSH
CLUB-RUSH, noun A genus of plants, the Scirpus.
CLUB-SHAPED
CLUB-SHAPED, adjective Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated.