Webster's Dictionary 1913

4726

Cloudage

Cloud″age (?), n. Mass of clouds; cloudiness.A scudding cloudage of shapes.Coleridge.

4727

Cloudberry

Cloud″ber′ry (?), n.(Bot.) A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

4728

Cloudily

Cloud″i‐ly (?), adv. In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.

4729

Cloudiness

Cloud″i‐ness, n. The state of being cloudy.

4730

Clouding

Cloud″ing, n. 1. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.2. A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.

4731

Cloudland

Cloud″land′ (?), n. Dreamland.

4732

Cloudless

Cloud″less, a. Without a cloud; clear; bright.A cloudless winter sky.Bankroft.— Cloud″less‐ly, adv. — Cloud″less‐ness, n.

4733

Cloudlet

Cloud″let (?), n. A little cloud. R. Browning.Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping.Coleridge.

4734

Cloudy

Cloud″y (�), a. [Compar.Cloudier (�); superl.Cloudiest.] [From Cloud, n.] 1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.As Mo...

4735

Clough

Clough (?), n. [OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) clōh, akin to G. klinge ravine.] 1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.2. A sluice used in retur...

4736

Clough (2)

Clough (?; 115), n.(Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

4737

Clout

Clout (?), n. [AS. clūt a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. klut, Icel. klūtr a kerchief, or W. clwt a clout, Gael. clud.] 1. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; ...

4738

Clout (2)

Clout, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n.Clouting.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.] 1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patc...

4739

Clouterly

Clout″er‐ly (?), a. [From Clout, n.] Clumsy; awkward.Rough-hewn, cloutery verses.E. Phillips.

4740

Clove

Clove (?), imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser.Clove hitch(Naut.) See under Hitch. — Clove hook(Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to ...

4741

Clove (2)

Clove, n. [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; — rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

4742

Clove (3)

Clove, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its r...

4743

Clove (4)

Clove, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cleófan to split, E. cleave.] 1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, ...

4744

Cloven

Clo″ven (?), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t.To show the cloven footorhoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, — Satan being repr...

4745

Cloven-footed

{ Clo″ven–foot′ed (?), Clo″ven–hoofed′ (?) }, a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.

4746

Clover

Clo″ver (klō″vẽr), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. clǣfre; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. klöfver.] (Bot.) A plant of different species of the genus Trifolium; a...

4747

Clovered

Clo″vered (?), a. Covered with growing clover.Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale.Thomson.

4748

Clowe-gilofre

Clowe″–gi‐lof′re (?), n. [See 3d Clove, and Gillyflower.] Spice clove. Chaucer.

4749

Clown

Clown (kloun), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klönne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.] 1. A man of coarse nature ...

4750

Clown (2)

Clown, v. i. To act as a clown; — with it.Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.B. Jonson.

4751

Clownage

Clown″age (?), n. Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. B. Jonson.

4752

Clownery

Clown″er‐y (–ẽr‐y̆), n. Clownishness. L'Estrange.