Webster's Dictionary 1913

4618

Clitoris

‖Cli″to‐ris (klī″tō̍‐rĭs or klĭt″ō̍‐rĭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κλειτορίσ, fr. κλείειν to shut up. It is concealed by the labia pudendi.] (Anat.) A small organ at the upper part of t...

4619

Clivers

Cliv″ers (? or?), n. See Cleavers.

4620

Clivity

Cliv″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Clivities (#). [L. clivus hill.] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient.

4621

Cloaca

‖Clo″a″ca (?), n.; pl.Cloacæ (#). 1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.2. A privy.3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals di...

4622

Cloacal

Clo‐a″cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

4623

Cloak

Cloak (?; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtic origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.] 1. A loose outer gar...

4624

Cloak (2)

Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cloaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cloaking.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter.Spenser...

4625

Cloakedly

Cloak″ed‐ly, adv. In a concealed manner.

4626

Cloaking

Cloak″ing, n. 1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.To take heed of their dissemblings and cloakings.Strype.2. The material of which of which cloak...

4627

Cloakroom

Cloak″room′ (?), n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

4628

Cloche

Cloche (?), n.(Aëronautics) An apparatus used in controlling certain kinds of aëroplanes, and consisting principally of a steering column mounted with a universal joint at the b...

4629

Clock

Clock (?), n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic orig...

4630

Clock (2)

Clock (klŏk), v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

4631

Clock (3)

Clock, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck.

4632

Clock (4)

Clock, n.(Zoöl.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarabæus stercorarius).

4633

Clocklike

Clock″like′ (klŏk″līk′), a. Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.Their services are clocklike, to be setBackward and forward at their lord's command.B. Jonson.

4634

Clockwise

Clock″wise′ (?), a. & adv. Like the motion of the hands of a clock; — said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckon...

4635

Clockwork

Clock″work′ (–wûrk′), n. The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.

4636

Clod

Clod (klŏd), n. [OE. clodde, latter form of clot. See Clot.] 1. A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. “Clods of a slimy substance.” Carew. “Clods of iron and brass...

4637

Clod (2)

Clod (klŏd), v. i. To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.Clodded in lumps of clay.G. Fletcher.

4638

Clod (3)

Clod, v. t. 1. To pelt with clods. Jonson.2. To throw violently; to hurl. Sir W. Scott.

4639

Cloddish

Clod″dish (?), a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne.— Clod″dish‐ness, n.

4640

Cloddy

Clod″dy (?), a. Consisting of clods; full of clods.

4641

Clodhopper

Clod″hop′per (?), n. A rude, rustic fellow.

4642

Clodhopping

Clod″hop′ping, a. Boorish; rude. C. Bronté.

4643

Clodpate

Clod″pate′ (?), n. A blockhead; a dolt.

4644

Clodpated

Clod″pat′ed (?), a. Stupid; dull; doltish.