CLINANTHIUM, klin-an'thi-um, _n._ the receptacle in a composite plant. [Gr.
_klin[=e]_, a bed, _anthos_, a flower.]
CLINCH, klinsh, CLENCH, klensh, _v.t._ to fasten or rivet a nail by bending
the point and beating the bent part flat against the object through which
the nail was driven: to grasp tightly: to set firmly, as the teeth: to
fasten on: (_fig._) to drive home an argument: to settle or confirm.--_n._
something set firmly: the fastening of a nail by beating it back, as in the
verb: a pun.--_n._ CLINCH'ER, one that clinches: a decisive
argument.--_adj._ CLINCH'ER-BUILT (same as CLINKER-BUILT).--_n._
CLINCH'ER-WORK, the disposition of the side planks of a vessel, when the
lower edge of one row overlaps the row next under it. [Causal form of
_klink_, to strike smartly; Dut. and Ger. _klinken_, to rivet a bolt.]
CLING, kling, _v.i._ to adhere or stick close by winding round: to adhere
in interest or affection: to remain by an opinion: of wood, to
shrink.--_v.t._ to attach: to shrivel:--_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ clung.--_n._
adherence.--_adjs._ CLING'STONE, having the pulp adhering firmly to the
stone (of peaches)--opp. to _Freestone_; CLING'Y, sticky. [A.S. _clingan_,
to shrivel up, to draw together.]
CLINIC, -AL, klin'ik, -al, _adj._ pertaining to a bed: (_med._) applied to
instruction given in hospitals at the bedside of the patient.--_n._
CLIN'IC, one confined to bed by sickness: the teaching of medicine or
surgery practically at the bedside of the patient--also CLIN'IQUE.--_adv._
CLIN'ICALLY.--CLINICAL BAPTISM, baptism administered to persons on their
sick-bed; CLINICAL CONVERT, one converted on his death-bed; CLINICAL
MEDICINE, or SURGERY, medicine or surgery as taught by clinics, a CLINICAL
LECTURE being one delivered to students at the bedside of the sick. [Gr.
_klinikos_--_klin[=e]_, a bed, from _klinein_, to recline.]
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CLINK, klingk, _n._ a ringing sound made by the striking together of
sounding bodies: jingle.--_v.t._ to cause to make a ringing sound.--_v.i._
to ring or jingle: to go with a clinking sound.--_n._ CLINK'ER, the name
given to the scales or globules of black oxide of iron, obtained from
red-hot iron under the blows of a hammer: the slags of iron furnaces: the
cindery-like masses which form the crust of some lava-flows.--_adj._
CLINK'ER-BUILT, made of planks which overlap each other below (as
distinguished from carvel-built) and are fastened together with clinched
nails.--_n._ CLINK'STONE, a greenish-gray or brownish compact, or very
finely crystalline igneous rock, splitting into slabs, which give a
metallic clink when struck by a hammer. [A form of CLICK and CLANK.]