Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Clownish

Clown″ish, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. “Clownish hands.” Spenser. “Clownish mimic.” Prior.— Clown″ish‐ly, adv.Syn. — Coarse; ro...

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Clownishness

Clown″ish‐ness, n. The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness.Locke.

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Cloy

Cloy (kloi), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Cloyed (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n.Cloying.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.] 1. To fi...

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Cloyless

Cloy″less, a. That does not cloy. Shak.

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Cloyment

Cloy″ment (?), n. Satiety. Shak.

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Club

Club (klŭb), n. [Cf. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbufōir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. A heavy s...

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Club (2)

Club (klŭb), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clubbed (klŭbd); p. pr. & vb. n.Clubbing.] 1. To beat with a club.2. (Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.To club a battalion implie...

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Club (3)

Club (?), v. i. 1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the streamOf fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a...

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Club-rush

Club″–rush′ (?), n.(Bot.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

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Club-shaped

Club″–shaped (?), a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

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Clubbable

Club″ba‐ble (?), a. Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. G. W. Curtis.

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Clubbed

Clubbed (?), a. Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.

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Clubber

Club″ber (?), n. 1. One who clubs.2. A member of a club. Massinger.

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Clubbish

Club″bish (?), a. 1. Rude; clownish.2. Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

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Clubbist

Club″bist (?), n. A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. Burke.

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Clubfist

Club″fist′ (?), n. 1. A large, heavy fist.2. A coarse, brutal fellow. Mir. for Mag.

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Clubfisted

Club″fist′ed, a. Having a large fist. Howell.

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Clubfoot

Club″foot (?), n. [Club + foot.] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

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Clubfooted

Club″foot′ed, a. Having a clubfoot.

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Clubhand

Club″hand′ (?), n.(Med.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

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Clubhaul

Club″haul′ (?), v. t.(Naut.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cut...

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Clubhouse

Club″house′ (?), n. A house occupied by a club.

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Clubroom

Club″room′ (?), n. The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.

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Cluck

Cluck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Clucked (?); p pr. & vb. n.Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin....

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Cluck (2)

Cluck, v. t. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.She, poor hen, fond of no second brood,Has clucked three to the wars.Shak.

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Cluck (3)

Cluck, n. 1. The call of a hen to her chickens.2. A click. See 3d Click, 2.

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Clucking

Cluck″ing, n. The noise or call of a brooding hen.