Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Clodpoll

Clod″poll′ (?), n. [Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak.

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Cloff

Cloff (?; 115), n. Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deduction...

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Clog

Clog (?), n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.] 1. That which hinders or im...

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Clog (2)

Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clogging.] 1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.The winds of birds were clogged ...

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Clog (3)

Clog, v. i. 1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog.S. Sharp.2. To c...

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Clogginess

Clog″gi‐ness (?), n. The state of being clogged.

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Clogging

Clog″ging, n. Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More.

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Cloggy

Clog″gy (?), a. Clogging, or having power to clog.

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Cloisonné

‖Cloi′son‐né (?), a. [F., partitioned, fr. cloison a partition.] Inlaid between partitions: — said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are comp...

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Cloister

Clois″ter (?), n. [OF. cloistre, F. cloître, L. claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere, clausum, to close. See Close, v. t., and cf. Claustral.]1. An inclosed ...

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Cloister (2)

Clois″ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cloistered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cloistering.] To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.None among them are thou...

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Cloisteral

Clois″ter‐al (?), a. Cloistral. I. Walton.

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Cloistered

Clois″tered (?), a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. “Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.” Hudibras.In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,Proud that their heart is narro...

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Cloisterer

Clois″ter‐er (?), n. [Cf. OF. cloistier.] One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

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Cloistral

Clois″tral (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.]Best become a cloistral exercise.Daniel.

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Cloistress

Clois″tress (?), n. A nun. Shak.

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Cloke

Cloke (?), n. & v. See Cloak.

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Clomb

{ Clomb (?), Clomb″en (?), } imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed).The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene.Chaucer.

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Clomp

Clomp (?), n. See Clamp.

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Clong

Clong (?), imp. of Cling.

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Clonic

Clon″ic (?), a. [Gr. κλόνοσ a violent, confused motion; cf. F. clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison.Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.

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Clonus

‖Clo″nus (?), n.(Med.) A series of muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle, — a sign of certain neuropathies.

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Cloom

Cloom (?), v. t. [A variant of clam to clog.] To close with glutinous matter. Mortimer.

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Cloop

Cloop (?), n. The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. “The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle.” Thackeray.

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Cloot

Cloot (?), n. [Cf. G. dial. kleuzen to split.] (Scot. & Dial. Eng.) 1. One of the divisions of a cleft hoof, as in the ox; also, the whole hoof.2. The Devil; Clootie; — usually ...

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Clootie

Cloot″ie (?), n.(Scot. & Dial. Eng.) 1. A little hoof.2. The Devil. “Satan, Nick, or Clootie.” Burns.

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Close

Close (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Closed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, ...