Webster's Dictionary 1913

4564

Climbable

Climb″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being climbed.

4565

Climber

Climb″er (?), n. One who, or that which, climbs: (a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs. (b) (Zoöl.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.

4566

Climber (2)

Climb″er, v. i. [From Climb; cf. Clamber.] To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. Tusser.

4567

Climbing

Climb″ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.Climbing fern. See under Fern. — Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

4568

Clime

Clime (?), n. [L. clima. See Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.Turn we to sutvey,Where rougher climes a nobler race display.Goldsmith.

4569

Clinanthium

‖Cli‐nan″thi‐um (?), n.(Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; — also called clinium.

4570

Clinch

Clinch (klĭnch; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle,...

4571

Clinch (2)

Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

4572

Clinch (3)

Clinch (klĭnch), n. 1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of...

4573

Clincher

Clinch″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

4574

Clincher-built

Clinch″er–built (?), a. See Clinker-built.

4575

Cling

Cling (klĭng), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Clung (klŭng), Clong (klŏng), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.Clinging.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Cl...

4576

Cling (2)

Cling, v. t. 1. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.I clung legs as close to his side as I could.Swift.2. To make to dry up or wither.If thou speak's...

4577

Cling (3)

Cling, n. Adherence; attachment; devotion.A more tenacious cling to worldly respects.Milton.

4578

Clingstone

Cling″stone′ (?), a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. — n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.

4579

Clingy

Cling″y (?), a. Apt to cling; adhesive.

4580

Clinic

Clin″ic (?), n. [See Clinical.] 1. One confined to the bed by sickness.2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. Hook.3. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or cl...

4581

Clinical

{ Clin″ic‐al (klĭn″ĭk‐al), Clin″ic (klĭn″ĭk) }, a. [Gr. κλινικόσ, fr. κλίνη bed, fr. κλίνειν to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, es...

4582

Clinically

Clin″ic‐al‐ly, adv. In a clinical manner.

4583

Clinique

‖Cli‐nique″ (?), n.(Med.) A clinic.

4584

Clinium

‖Clin″i‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κλίνη bed.] (Bot.) See Clinanthium.

4585

Clink

Clink (klĭṉk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clinked (klĭṉkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Clinking.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. C...

4586

Clink (2)

Clink (klĭṉk), v. i. 1. To give out a slight, sharp, tinkling sound. “The clinking latch.” Tennyson.2. To rhyme.. Cowper.

4587

Clink (3)

Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. “Clink and fall of swords.” Shak.

4588

Clink (4)

Clink (?), n. A prison cell; a lockup; — probably orig. the name of the noted prison in Southwark, England. “I'm here in the clink.” Kipling.

4589

Clinkant

Clin″kant (klĭṉ″kant), a. See Clinquant.

4590

Clinker

Clink″er (klĭṉk″ẽr), n. [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.] 1. A mass composed of severa...