Webster's Dictionary 1913

4537

Cliff (2)

Cliff, n.(Mus.) See Clef.

4538

Cliff limestone

Cliff″ lime″stone′ (?). (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one forma...

4539

Cliffy

Cliff″y (?), a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

4540

Clift

Clift (?), n. [See 1st Cliff, n.] A cliff.That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar.Spenser.

4541

Clift (2)

Clift, n. [See Cleft, n.] 1. A cleft of crack; a narrow opening.2. The fork of the legs; the crotch. Chaucer.

4542

Clifted

Clift″ed, a. [From Clift a cleft.] Broken; fissured.Climb the Ande� clifted side.Grainger.

4543

Climacter

Cli‐mac″ter (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, prop., round of a ladder, fr. � ladder: cf. F. climactère. See Climax.] See Climacteric, n.

4544

Climacteric

Cli‐mac″ter‐ic (? or?; 277), a. [L. climactericus, Gr. �. See Climacter.] Relating to a climacteric; critical.

4545

Climacteric (2)

Cli‐mac″ter‐ic, n. 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years p...

4546

Climacterical

Clim′ac‐ter″ic‐al (?), a. & n. See Climacteric. Evelyn.

4547

Climactic

Cli‐mac″tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.A fourth kind of parallelism... is still sufficiently marked to be ...

4548

Climatal

Cli″ma‐tal (?), a. Climatic. Dunglison.

4549

Climatarchic

Cli′ma‐tar″chic (?), a. [Climate + Gr. � to rule.] Presiding over, or regulating, climates.

4550

Climate

Cli″mate (?), n. [F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. �, �, slope, the supposed slope of the earth (from the equator toward the pole), hence a region or zone of the earth, fr. �...

4551

Climate (2)

Cli″mate, v. i. To dwell. Shak.

4552

Climatic

Cli‐mat″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

4553

Climatical

Cli‐mat″ic‐al (?), a. Climatic.

4554

Climatize

Cli″ma‐tize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Climatized (#); p. pr. & vb. n.Climatizing.] To acclimate or become acclimated.

4555

Climatography

Cli′ma‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Climate + -graphy.] A description of climates.

4556

Climatological

Cli′ma‐to‐log″ic‐al (?), a. Of or pertaining to climatology.

4557

Climatologist

Cli′ma‐tol″o‐gist (?), n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

4558

Climatology

Cli′ma‐tol″o‐gy (?), n. [Climate + -logy: cf. F. climatologie.] The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C.

4559

Climature

Cli″ma‐ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. climature.] A climate. Shak.

4560

Climax

Cli″max (?), n. [L., from Gr. � ladder, staircase, fr. � to make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.] 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill.2. (...

4561

Climb

Climb (klīm), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Climbed (klīmd), Obs. or VulgarClomb (klŏm); p. pr. & vb. n.Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E....

4562

Climb (2)

Climb, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

4563

Climb (3)

Climb, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.