CLOVE, kl[=o]v, _n._ the unexpanded flower-bud of the clove-tree, a native
of the Moluccas, used as a spice.--_ns._ CLOVE'-GILL'YFLOWER, a
clove-scented species of pink; CLOVE'-PINK, a variety of pink which has an
odour like that of cloves. [Fr. _clou_, in full _clou de girofle_, nail of
the girofle, so called from the shape of the bud and its stalk--L.
_clavus_, a nail.]
CLOVEN, cl[=o]v'n, _p.adj._ split: divided.--_adjs._ CLOV'EN-FOOT'ED,
CLOV'EN-HOOFED, having the hoof divided, as the ox or sheep.--THE CLOVEN
HOOF, applied to any indication of devilish agency or temptation, from the
early representation of the devil with cloven hoofs--prob. from Pan, some
of whose characteristics he shares. [Pa.p. of CLEAVE, to divide.]
CLOVER, kl[=o]v'[.e]r, _n._ a genus of plants containing a great number of
species, natives chiefly of temperate climates, affording rich
pasturage.--_adj._ CLOV'ERED, covered with clover.--_n._ CLOV'ER-GRASS,
clover.--_adj._ CLOV'ERY, abounding in clover.--LIVE IN CLOVER, to live
luxuriously or in abundance. [A.S. _cláfre_; Dut. _klaver_; Dan. _klöver_;
Ger. _klee_.]
CLOWN, klown, _n._ a rustic or country-fellow: one with the rough manners
of a countryman: an ill-bred fellow: a fool or buffoon.--_ns._ CLOWN'ERY, a
clown's performance; CLOWN'ING, acting the clown.--_adj._ CLOWN'ISH, of or
like a clown: coarse and awkward: rustic.--_adv._ CLOWN'ISHLY.--_ns._
CLOWN'ISHNESS; CLOWN'SHIP. [Prob. conn. with CLOD, and CLOT.]
CLOY, kloi, _v.t._ to fill to loathing: to satiate: (_Spens._) to
gore:--_pr.p._ cloy'ing; _pa.p._ cloyed.--_adjs._ CLOYED, clagged:
cumbered; CLOY'ING, satiating; CLOY'LESS (_Shak._) that cannot cloy.--_n._
CLOY'MENT (_Shak._), satiety, surfeit.--_adj._ CLOY'SOME, satiating. [Fr.
_clouer_, to drive a nail into, to spike or stop, as a gun, from L.
_clavus_, a nail.]
CLOY, kloi, _v.t._ (_Shak._) to stroke with a claw. [Perh. a corr. of
CLAW.]
CLUB, klub, _n._ a heavy tapering stick, knobby or massy at one end, used
to strike with: a cudgel: a bat used in certain games: an instrument for
playing golf, variously with wooden heads, iron heads, and wooden heads
with brass soles: a bunch; one of the four suits of cards: a combination: a
clique, set: an association of persons for the joint study of literature,
politics, &c., or for social ends: an association of persons who possess a
building as a common resort for the members: a club-house, or the house
occupied by a club.--_v.t._ to beat with a club: to gather into a bunch: to
combine: to throw soldiers into confusion.--_v.i._ to join together for
some common end: to combine together: to share in a common
expense.--_adjs._ CLUB'BABLE, sociable; CLUBBED, like a club.--_n._
CLUB'BING, beating: combination: a disease in some plants.--_adj._
CLUB'BISH, given to clubs.--_ns._ CLUB'BISM, the club system; CLUB'BIST,
CLUB'-FOOT, a deformed foot.--_adj._ CLUB'-FOOT'ED.--_n._ CLUB'-GRASS, a
species of grass having a club-shaped articulation.--_v.t._ CLUB'-HAUL,
(_naut._), to tack by dropping the lee anchor and slipping the
cable.--_adj._ CLUB'HEAD'ED, having a thick head.--_ns._ CLUB'-HOUSE, a
house for the accommodation of a club; CLUB'-LAW, government by violence;
CLUB'-MAN, one who carries a club: a member of a club; CLUB'-MAS'TER, the
manager of, or purveyor for, a club; CLUB'-MOSS, one of the four genera of
_Lycopodiaceæ_; CLUB'-ROOM, the room in which a club meets; CLUB'-RUSH, a
plant of many varieties of the genus _Scripus_ or rush.--_n.pl._ CLUBS (see
CLUMPS). [Ice. and Sw. _klubba_; same root as CLUMP.]
CLUCK, kluk, _n._ the call of a hen to her chickens: any similar
sound.--_v.i._ to make the sound of a hen when calling on her
chickens.--_n._ CLUCK'ING, the noise made by a hen when calling her
chickens.--_adj._ that clucks. [From the sound, like Dut. _klokken_, Ger.
_glucken_, Dan. _klukke_.]
CLUE, kl[=oo] (see CLEW).--_adj._ CLUE'LESS, without trace.
CLUMBER, klumb'[.e]r, _n._ a kind of spaniel. [_Clumber_, in Notts, a seat
of the Duke of Newcastle.]
CLUMP, klump, _n._ a thick, short, shapeless piece of anything: a cluster
of trees or shrubs: a thick sole put on in addition.--_v.i._ to walk
heavily.--_v.t._ to put in a clump.--_n.pl._ CLUMPS, a parlour game of
question and answer--also CLUBS.--_adj._ CLUMP'Y, abounding in clumps:
heavy. [Prob. Scand.; Dan. _klump_, a lump. Cf. Ger. _klump_, and CLUB.]
CLUMSY, klum'zi, _adj._ shapeless: ill-made: unwieldy: awkward:
ungainly.--_adj._ CLUM'SILY.--_n._ CLUM'SINESS. [M. E. _clomsen_, to be
stiff or benumbed; most prob. Scand.; allied to CLAMP.]
CLUNCH, klunsh, _n._ the miner's name for tough indurated clay, sometimes
found in the coal-measures. [Ety. dub.; prob. related to CLUMP.]
CLUNG, klung, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of CLING.
CLUNK, klungk, _n._ the sound of a liquid coming out of a bottle when the
cork has been quickly drawn.--_v.i._ to make such a sound. [Scot.; from the
sound.]
CLUPEOID, kl[=oo]'p[=e]-oid, _n._ a kind of herring. [L. _clupea_, a kind
of fish.]
CLUSTER, klus't[.e]r, _n._ a number of things of the same kind growing or
joined together: a bunch: a mass: a crowd.--_v.i._ to grow or gather into
clusters.--_v.t._ to collect into clusters; to cover with
clusters.--_adjs._ CLUS'TERED, grouped; CLUS'TERING, CLUS'TERY.--CLUSTERED
COLUMN, a pier which consists of several columns or shafts clustered
together. [A.S. _clyster_; Low Ger. _kluster_; cf. CLOT.]
CLUTCH, kluch, _v.t._ to close the hand: to carry off: to hold firmly: to
seize or grasp.--_n._ a grasp; seizure.--_n.pl._ CLUTCH'ES, the hands or
paws: cruelty: rapacity. [M. E. _cloche_, _cloke_, claw; prob. allied to M.
E. _clechen_--A.S. _gelæccan_. Cf. LATCH.]
CLUTCH, kluch, _n._ (_prov._) a brood of chickens, a 'sitting' of
eggs.--_v.t._ to hatch.
CLUTTER, klut'[.e]r, _n._ confusion: stir: noise.--_v.i._ to crowd
together: to go about noisily.--_v.t._ to pack. [A variant of CLATTER.]
CLY, kl[=i], _v.t._ (_slang_) to seize, steal.--_ns._ CLY'-FAK'ER, a
pickpocket; CLY'-FAK'ING, pocket-picking. [Prob. related to CLAW; referred
by some to Dut. _kleed_, a garment, 'to fake a cly' = to take a garment.]
CLYPEUS, klip'[=e]-us, _n._ the shield-like part of an insect's
head.--_adjs._ CLYP'[=E]AL, CLYP'[=E]ATE, CLYP'[=E]IFORM, in the shape or
form of a shield. [L. _clipeus_, _clypeus_, a shield.]
CLYSTER, klis't[.e]r, _n._ a liquid injected into the intestines to wash
them out.--_n._ CLYS'TER-PIPE (_Shak._), a pipe or syringe for injecting a
clyster. [Fr.,--L.,--Gr. _klyzein_, to wash out.]
CNIDA, kn[=i]'da, _n._ one of the thread-cells of the _Coelenterata_,
whence is their power of stinging:--_pl._ CN[=I]'DÆ. [Late L.,--Gr.
_knid[=e]_, a nettle.]
CO., k[=o], an abbreviation for COMPANY.
CO-, k[=o], a common prefix, signifying jointness, accompaniment,
connection. [L. _cum_, with.]
COACH, k[=o]ch, _n._ a large, close, four-wheeled carriage: a private
tutor: a professional trainer in athletics.--_v.t._ to carry in a coach: to
tutor, instruct, prepare others for, as an examination or a rowing contest,
&c.--_v.t._ to study under a tutor.--_ns._ COACH'-BOX, the seat on which
the driver of a coach sits; COACH'DOG, a spotted dog, kept chiefly as an
attendant on coaches, called also _Dalmatian Dog_; COACH'EE, COACH'Y, a
coachman; COACH'-FELL'OW, a yoke-fellow, comrade; COACH'-HIRE, money paid
for the use of a hired coach; COACH'-HORSE, a horse used for drawing a
coach; COACH'-HOUSE, a house to keep a coach in; COACH'ING, travelling by
coach: tutoring: instruction; COACH'MAN, the driver of a coach;
COACH'-OFF'ICE, a booking-office for passengers and parcels by stage-coach;
COACH'-STAND, a place where coaches stand for hire; COACH'-WHEEL;
COACH'-WHIP.--_adj._ COACH'Y, pertaining to a coach. [Fr. _coche_--Hung.
_kocsi_ (pron. kot'shi), from _Kocs_, a place south of Komorn.]
COACT, k[=o]-akt', _v.i._ (_Shak._) to act together.--_adj._ COACT'IVE
(_Shak._), acting together.--_n._ COACTIV'ITY.
COACT, k[=o]-akt', _v.t._ to compel.--_n._ COAC'TION, compulsion.--_adj._
COACT'IVE, compulsory. [L. _cog[)e]re_, _coactum_, to compel.]
COADJACENT, k[=o]-ad-j[=a]s'ent, _adj._ contiguous.--_n._ COADJAC'ENCY.
[CO- and ADJACENT.]
COADJUTANT, k[=o]-ad-j[=oo]'tant, or ko-ad'joo-tant, _adj._ mutually
helping or assisting.--_n._ one of several who help another.--_ns._
COADJU'TOR, a helper or assistant: an associate:--_fem._ COADJU'TRESS,
COADJU'TRIX; COADJU'TORSHIP. [L. _co_, with, _adjutor_, a helper--_ad_, to,
_juv-[=a]re_, to help.]
COADUNATE, k[=o]-ad'[=u]-n[=a]t, _v.t._ to unite: to combine.--_n._
COADUN[=A]'TION.--_adj._ COAD'UN[=A]TIVE. [CO-, and L. _adun[=a]re_,
_-[=a]tum_, to unite.]
CO-AGENCY, k[=o]-[=a]'jen-si, _n._ agency with another.--_n._ CO-[=A]'GENT,
one acting with another.
COAGULATE, k[=o]-ag'[=u]-l[=a]t, _v.t._ to make to curdle or
congeal.--_v.i._ to curdle or congeal.--_adj._ clotted: congealed.--_n._
COAGULABIL'ITY.--_adj._ COAG'ULABLE.--_ns._ COAG[=U]'LANT, a substance
which causes coagulation, as rennet; COAGUL[=A]'TION.--_adjs._
COAG'UL[=A]TIVE; COAG'UL[=A]TORY.--_n._ COAG'ULUM, what is coagulated. [L.
_coagul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_, _co-_, together, _ag-[)e]re_, to drive.]
COAITA, k[=o]-[=i]'ta, _n._ a small South American monkey--the red-faced
Spider Monkey.
COAL, k[=o]l, _n._ a solid, black, combustible substance used for fuel, dug
out of the earth: cinder.--_v.i._ to take in coal.--_v.t._ to supply with
coal.--_n._ COAL'-BED, a stratum of coal.--_adj._ COAL'-BLACK, black as
coal, very black.--_ns._ COAL'-BOX, a box for holding coal; COAL'-BRASS, a
name applied to the pyrites in the coal-measures; COAL'FIELD, a field or
district containing coal strata; COAL'-FISH, a fish of the cod family, so
named from the black colour of its back; COAL'-GAS, the mixture of gases
produced by the destructive distillation of coal, chiefly carburetted
hydrogen--giving the gaslight in common use; COAL'-HEAV'ER, one employed in
carrying coal; COAL'-HOUSE, a covered-in place for keeping coal; COAL'MAN,
one who has to do with coals; COAL'-MAS'TER, the owner or lessee of a
coalfield; COAL'-MEAS'URE, a measure by which the quantity of coal is
ascertained: (_pl._) the group of carboniferous strata in which coal is
found (_geol._); COAL'-MINE, COAL'-PIT, a pit or mine from which coal is
dug; COAL'-OWN'ER, one who owns a colliery; COAL'-PLANT, a fossil plant of
the carboniferous strata; COAL'-SCUTT'LE, a vessel for holding coal;
COAL'-TAR, or _Gas-tar_, a thick, black, opaque liquid which condenses in
the pipes when coal or petroleum is distilled; COAL'-TRIM'MER, one who
stores or shifts coal on board vessels; COAL'-WHIP'PER, one employed in
unloading coal from vessels at anchor to barges which convey it to the
wharves.--_adj._ COAL'Y, of or like coal.--COALING STATION, a port at which
steamships take in coal; COAL-SCUTTLE BONNET, a woman's bonnet, shaped like
a coal-scuttle upside down.--BLIND or ANTHRACITE COAL, that which does not
flame when kindled; BITUMINOUS COAL, that which does; BROWN COAL (see
BROWN); CAKING COAL, a bituminous coal which cakes or fuses into one mass
in the fire; CANNEL or PARROT COAL (see CANNEL); CHERRY or SOFT COAL, coal
breaking off easily into small, irregular cubes, having beautiful shining
lustre; SPLINT, HARD, or BLOCK COAL, plentiful in Scotland, hard, breaking
into cuboidal blocks.--BLOW THE COALS, to excite passion; CARRY COALS TO
NEWCASTLE, to take a thing where it is least needed; HAUL OVER THE COALS,
reprimand--from the discipline applied to heretics; HEAP COALS OF FIRE ON
THE HEAD, to excite remorse by returning good for evil (Rom. xii. 20).
[A.S. _col_; cog. with Ice. _kol_, Ger. _kohle_.]
COALESCE, k[=o]-al-es', _v.i._ to grow together or unite into one body: to
associate.--_adj._ COALES'CENT, uniting.--_n._ COALES'CENCE, union. [L.
_coalesc[)e]re_, _co-_, together, and _alesc[)e]re_, to grow up.]
COALITION, k[=o]-al-ish'un, _n._ act of coalescing, or uniting into one
body: a union of persons, states, &c., which agree to sink their
differences and act in common: alliance.--_v.i._ C[=O]'ALISE, to make an
alliance.--_n._ COALI'TIONIST, one of a coalition.
COAMINGS, k[=o]m'ingz, _n.pl._ (_naut._) raised work about the edges of the
hatches of a ship to prevent the water from running into the apartments
below. [Der. unknown.]