CLUBBED
CLUBBED, participle passive1. Collected into a sum and averaged, as different expenses.2. United to one end or effect.3. Shaped like a club.4. Having the britch turned upwards, ...
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CLUBBER
CLUBBER,CLUBBING, participle present tense Joining in a club; uniting to a common end.
CLUBBIST
CLUBBIST, noun One who belongs to a party, club or association.
CLUCK
CLUCK, verb intransitive To make the noise, or utter the voice of the domestic hen, when sitting on eggs for hatching, and when conducting her chickens. This voice, with the cha...
CLUCKING
CLUCKING, participle present tense Uttering the voice of a sitting hen; calling chickens.
CLUE
CLUE. [See Clew.]
CLUMP
CLUMP, noun1. A thick, short piece of wood, or other solid substance; a shapeless mass. Hence clumper, a clot or clod.2. A cluster of trees or shrubs; formerly written plump. In...
CLUMPS
CLUMPS, noun [from clump.] A stupid fellow; a numskull.
CLUMSILY
CLUMSILY, adverb [from clumsy.] In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; in an unhandy manner; without readiness, dexterity or grace.
CLUMSINESS
CLUMSINESS, noun The quality of being short and thick, and moving heavily; awkwardness; unhandiness; ungainliness; want of readiness, nimbleness or dexterity.
CLUMSY
CLUMSY, adjective s as z. [from clump, lump.]1. Properly, short and thick, like a clump or lump. Hence,2. Moving heavily, slowly or awkwardly; as clumsy fingers.3. Awkward; unga...
CLUNCH
CLUNCH, noun Among miners, indurated clay, found in coal pits next to the coal.
CLUNG
CLUNG, preterit tense and participle passive of cling, which see.CLUNG, verb intransitive To shrink. See Cling.
CLUNIAC
CLUNIAC, noun One of a reformed order of Benedictine monks, so called from Cluni in Burgundy.
CLUSTER
CLUSTER, noun1. A bunch; a number of things of the same kind growing or joined together; a knot; as a cluster of raisins.2. A number of individuals or things collected or gather...
CLUSTER-GRAPE
CLUSTER-GRAPE, noun A small black grape.
CLUSTERED
CLUSTERED, participle passive Collected into a cluster, or crowd; crowded.
CLUSTERING
CLUSTERING, participle present tense Growing in a cluster or in bunches; uniting in a bunch, or in a flock, crowd, or close body.
CLUSTERY
CLUSTERY, adjective Growing in clusters. Full of clusters.
CLUTCH
CLUTCH, verb transitive1. To double in the fingers and pinch or compress them together; to clinch. [If n is not radical in clinch, this may be from the same root.]2. To seize, c...
CLUTCHES
CLUTCHES, plural1. The paws or talons of a rapacious animal, as of a cat or dog.2. The hands, in the sense of rapacity or cruelty, or of power.
CLUTING
CLUTING, participle present tense Patching; covering with a clout.
CLUTTER
CLUTTER, noun1. A heap or assemblage of things lying in confusion; a word of domestic application.He saw what a clutter there was with huge pots, pans and spits.2. Noise; bustle...
CLUTTERED
CLUTTERED, participle passive Encumbered with things in disorder.
CLUTTERING
CLUTTERING, participle present tense Encumbering with things in confusion.
CLYSTER
CLYSTER, noun An injection; a liquid substance injected into the lower intestines, for the purpose of promoting alvine discharges, relieving from costiveness, and cleansing the ...
CLYSTER-PIPE
CLYSTER-PIPE, noun A tube, or pipe used for injections.