Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Clash (3)

Clashn. 1. A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.The roll of cannon and clash of arms.Tennyson.2. Opposition; contradiction; as between...

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Clash gear

Clash gear. (Mach.) A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.

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Clashingly

Clash″ing‐ly, adv. With clashing.

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Clasp

Clasp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Clasping] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.] 1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to sh...

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Clasp (2)

Clasp, n. 1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.2. A close emb...

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Clasper

Clasp″er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. “The claspers of vines.” Derham.2. (Zoöl.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female...

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Claspered

Clasp″ered (?), a. Furnished with tendrils.

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Class

Class (klȧs), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. κλη̑σισ a calling, καλει̑ν to call, E. claim, haul.] 1. A group of individuals ranked together ...

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Class (2)

Class (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Classed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Classing.] [Cf. F. classer. See Class, n.] 1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class w...

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Class (3)

Class, v. i. To grouped or classed.The genus or famiky under which it classes.Tatham.

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Class day

Class day. In American colleges and universities, a day of the commencement season on which the senior class celebrates the completion of its course by exercises conducted by th...

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Classible

Class″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of being classed.

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Classic

{ Clas″sic (?), Clas″sic‐al (?), } a. [L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from clas...

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Classic (2)

Clas″sic, n. 1. A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; — originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a ...

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Classicalism

Clas″sic‐al‐ism (?), n. 1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

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Classicalist

Clas″sic‐al‐ist, n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin.

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Classicality

{ Clas′si‐cal″i‐ty (?), Clas″sic‐al‐ness (?), } n. The quality of being classical.

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Classically

Clas″sic‐al‐ly, adv. 1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

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Classicism

Clas″si‐cism (?), n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.

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Classicist

Clas″si‐cist (?), n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

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Classifiable

Clas″si‐fi′a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being classified.

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Classific

Clas‐sif″ic (?), a. Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.

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Classification

Clas′si‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. classification.] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some...

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Classificatory

Clas″si‐fi‐ca′to‐ry (?), a. Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. “A classificatory system.” Earle.

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Classifier

Clas″si‐fi′er (?), n. One who classifies.

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Classify

Clas″si‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Classified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Classifying.] [L. classis class + -fy.] To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrang...

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Classis

‖Clas″sis (?), n.; pl.Classes (#). [L. See Class, n.] 1. A class or order; sort; kind.His opinion of that classis of men.Clarendon.2. (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body or judicator...