Webster's Dictionary 1913

4186

Civil Service Reform

Civil Service Reform. The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils ...

4187

Civilian

Ci‐vil″ian (?), n. [From Civil] 1. One skilled in the civil law.Ancient civilians and writers upon government.Swift.2. A student of the civil law at a university or college. R. ...

4188

Civilist

Civ″il‐ist (?), n. A civilian. Warburton.

4189

Civility

Ci‐vil″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Civilities (#). [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilité. See Civil.] 1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obe...

4190

Civilizable

Civ″i‐li′za‐ble (?), a. Capable of being civilized.

4191

Civilization

Civ′i‐li‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. civilisation.] 1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.Our manners, our civilization, and all th...

4192

Civilize

Civ″i‐lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Civilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See Civil.] 1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct ...

4193

Civilized

Civ″i‐lized (?), a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.Sale of conscience and duty in open market is no...

4194

Civilizer

Civ″i‐li‐zer (?), n. One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize.

4195

Civily

Civ″i‐ly (?), adv. In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

4196

Civism

Civ″ism (?), n. [Cf. F. civisme, fr.L. civis citizen.] State of citizenship. Dyer.

4197

Cizar

Ciz″ar (?), v. i. [From Cizars.] To clip with scissors. Beau. & Fl.

4198

Cizars

Ciz″ars (?), n. pl. Scissors. Swift.

4199

Cize

Cize (?), n. Bulk; largeness. See Size.

4200

Clabber

Clab″ber (?), n. [See Bonnyclabber] Milk curdled so as to become thick.

4201

Clabber (2)

Clab″ber, v. i. To become clabber; to lopper.

4202

Clachan

Clach″an (?), n. A small village containing a church. Sir W. ScottSitting at the clachon alehouse.R. L. Stevenson.

4203

Clack

Clack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Clacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clacking.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. F. claquer to clap, crack, D. klakken, MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make a...

4204

Clack (2)

Clack (?), v. t. 1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham.To clack wool, to cut off the shee...

4205

Clack (3)

Clack, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See Clack, v. t.] 1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object...

4206

Clacker

Clack″er (?), n. 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.2. A claqueur. See Claqueur.

4207

Clad

Clad (?), v. t. To clothe. Holland.

4208

Clad (2)

Clad, imp. & p. p. of Clothe.

4209

Cladocera

‖Cla‐doc″e‐ra (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of the Entomostraca.☞ They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs o...

4210

Cladophyll

Clad″o‐phyll (?), n.(Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

4211

Claggy

Clag″gy (?), a. [Cf. Clog.] Adhesive; — said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

4212

Claik

Claik (?), n. See Clake.