Webster's Dictionary 1913

4591

Clinker-built

Clink″er–built (?), a.(Naut.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a ...

4592

Clinkstone

Clink″stone′ (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; — from its sonorousness.] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See ...

4593

Clinodiagonal

Cli′no‐di‐ag″o‐nal (?), n. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + E. diagonal.] (Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle with the vert...

4594

Clinodome

Cli″no‐dome′ (?), n. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + E. dome.] (Crystallog.) See under Dome.

4595

Clinographic

Cli″no‐graph″ic (?), a. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + -graph.] Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plan...

4596

Clinoid

Cli″noid (?), a. [Gr. κλίνη bed + -oid.] (Anat.) Like a bed; — applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

4597

Clinometer

Cli‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + -meter.] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plu...

4598

Clinometric

Clin′o‐met″ric (?), a. 1. Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.2. Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axe...

4599

Clinometry

Cli‐nom″e‐try (?), n.(geol.) That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.

4600

Clinopinacoid

Cli′no‐pin″a‐coid (?), n. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + E. pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined...

4601

Clinorhombic

Cli′no‐rhom″bic (?), a. [Gr. κλίνειν to incline + E. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique.] (Crystallog.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; mo...

4602

Clinostat

Cli″no‐stat (?), n.(Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravit...

4603

Clinquant

Clin″quant (?), a. Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. Shak.

4604

Clinquant (2)

Clin″quant, n. Tinsel; Dutch gold.

4605

Clio

Cli″o (?), n.(Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over history.

4606

Clione

Cli‐o″ne (?), n. A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometim...

4607

Clip

Clip (klĭp), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clipped (klĭpt); p. pr. & vb. n.Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, k...

4608

Clip (2)

Clip (klĭp), v. i. To move swiftly; — usually with indefinite it.Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind.Dryden.

4609

Clip (3)

Clip, n. 1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney.2. A cutting; a shearing.3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, et...

4610

Clip (4)

Clip, n. 1. (Mach.) A part, attachment, or appendage, for seizing, clasping, or holding, an object, as a cable, etc.2. (Angling) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmo...

4611

Clipper

Clip″per (?), n. 1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin.The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket.Locke.2. A machine for clipping hai...

4612

Clipping

Clip″ping (?), n. 1. The act of embracing.2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.clipping by Englishmen is robbing th...

4613

Clique

‖Clique (klēk), n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; — ge...

4614

Clique (2)

Clique, v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; — used with together.

4615

Cliquish

Cli″quish (klē″kĭsh), a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. — Cli″‐quish‐ness, n.

4616

Cliquism

Cli″quism (klē″kĭz'm), n. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

4617

Clitellus

‖Cli‐tel″lus (klĭ‐tĕl″lŭs), n. [NL., prob. fr. L. clitellae a packsadle.] (Zoöl.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united ...