Syn. — Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.
CLOSE Close ( or ), n. Etym: [OF. & F. clos an inclosure, fr. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
1. An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; — specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey. Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. Macaulay.
2. A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] Halliwell
3. (Law)
Defn: The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. Bouvier.
CLOSE Close, a. [Compar. Closer; superl. Closest.] Etym: [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]
1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden.
2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.
3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; — said of the air, weather, etc. If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. Bacon.
4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.
5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He yet kept himself close because of Saul." 1 Chron. xii. 1 "Her close intent." Spenser.
6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For servecy, no lady closer." Shak.
7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids. The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. Locke.
8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass." Dryden.
9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; — often followed by to. Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. Mortimer. The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing — not a faint hearsay. G. Eliot.
10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.
11. Intimate; familiar; confidential. League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. Milton.
12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. "A close contest." Prescott.
13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. Bartlett.
14. Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.
15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. Locke.
16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.
17. (Phon.)
Defn: Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; — opposed to open. Close borough. See under Borough. — Close breeding. See under Breeding. — Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. — Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. — Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. — Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. — Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. — Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. — Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; — said of a vessel.
CLOSEClose, adv.
1. In a close manner.
2. Secretly; darkly. [Obs.] A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. Spenser.
CLOSE-BANDEDClose"-band`ed, a.
Defn: Closely united.
CLOSE-BARREDClose"-barred`, a.
Defn: Firmly barred or closed.
CLOSE-BODIEDClose"-bod`ied, a.
Defn: Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.
CLOSE-FIGHTSClose"-fights`, n. pl. (Naut.)
Defn: Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; — called also close quarters. [Obs.]
CLOSEFISTEDClose"fist`ed, a.
Defn: Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors."Hawthorne.
CLOSEHANDEDClose"hand`ed, a.
Defn: Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.— Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
CLOSEHAULEDClose"hauled`, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; — said of a sailing vessel.
CLOSELYClose"ly, adv.
1. In a close manner.
2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.] That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.
CLOSEMOUTHEDClose"mouthed`, a.
Defn: Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
CLOSENClos"en, v. t.
Defn: To make close. [R.]
CLOSENESSClose"ness, n.
Defn: The state of being close.Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift.We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor theextreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon.An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison.
Syn. — Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.
CLOSERClos"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.
2. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.
3. (Masonry)
Defn: The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.
CLOSEREEFEDClose"reefed`, a. (Naut.)
Defn: Having all the reefs taken in; — said of a sail.
CLOSE-STOOLClose"-stool`, n.
Defn: A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.
CLOSETClos"et, n. Etym: [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. SeeClose an inclosure.]
1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.
2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.
CLOSETClos"et, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]
1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.] Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. Cowper.
2. To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.
CLOSE-TONGUEDClose"-tongued` (, a.
Defn: Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
CLOSHClosh, n. Etym: [CF. F. clocher to limp, halt.]
Defn: A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis. Crabb.
CLOSHClosh, n. Etym: [CF. D. klossen to play at bowls.]
Defn: The game of ninepins. [Obs.] Halliwell.
CLOSURE Clo"sure (, 135), n. Etym: [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]
1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.
2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed. Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.
3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure. O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. Shak.
4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] Shak.
5. (Parliamentary Practice)
Defn: A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.
CLOT Clot, n. Etym: [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. clate bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.]
Defn: A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison. Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon.
Note: Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.
CLOTClot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.]
Defn: To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.
CLOTClot, v. t.
Defn: To form into a slimy mass.
CLOTBURClot"bur`, n. Etym: [Cf. Clote.]
1. The burdock. [Prov. Engl.] Prior.
2. Same as Cocklebur.
CLOTEClote, n. Etym: [AS. cl: cf. G. klette.]
Defn: The common burdock; the clotbur. [Obs.] Wyclif.
CLOTH Cloth, n.; pl. Cloths (#; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (klothz or kloz). Etym: [OE. clath cloth, AS. cla\'ed cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. klæ\'ebi, Dan. klæde, cloth, Sw. kläde, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes. I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. Quarles.
3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession. Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth Macaulay. The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. I. Taylor. Body cloth. See under Body. — Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. — Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. — Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. — Cloth shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.
CLOTHEClothe, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed ( or Clad; p. pr. & vb. n.Clothing.] Etym: [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cla\'ebian,clæ\'eban. See Cloth.]
1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak.
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21 The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe onewith authority or power.Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. Watts.His sides are clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer.Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton.
CLOTHEClothe, v. i.
Defn: To wear clothes. [Poetic]Care no more to clothe eat. Shak.
CLOTHESClothes ( or ; 277), n. pl. Etym: [From Cloth.]
1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; — a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.
2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes. She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. Prior. Body clothes. See under Body. — Clothes moth (Zoöl.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (T. flavifrontella)is yellowish white. The larvæ eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk.
Syn. — Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.
CLOTHESHORSEClothes"horse`, n.
Defn: A frame to hang clothes on.
CLOTHESLINEClothes"line`, n.
Defn: A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
CLOTHESPINClothes"pin` ( or ), n.
Defn: A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.
CLOTHESPRESSClothes"press`, n.
Defn: A receptacle for clothes.
CLOTHIERCloth"ier, n.
1. One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth. Hayward.
2. One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.
CLOTHINGCloth"ing, n.
1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13
2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.
3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.
4. (Mach.)
Defn: See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
CLOTHREDClot"hred, p. p.
Defn: Clottered. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CLOTPOLLClot"poll`, n.
Defn: See Clodpoll. [Obs.] Shak.
CLOTTEDClot"ted, a.
Defn: Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. "The clotted glebe." J. Philips. When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.
CLOTTERClot"ter, v. i. Etym: [From Clot.]
Defn: To concrete into lumps; to clot. [Obs.] "Clottered blood."Chapman.
CLOTTYClot"ty, a. Etym: [From Clot, n.]
Defn: Full of clots, or clods. "Clotty matter." Harvey.
CLOTUREClô`ture", n. Etym: [F.] (Parliamentary Practice)
Defn: See Closure, 5.
CLOTWEEDClot"weed`, n. Etym: [See Clote.]
Defn: Cocklebur.
CLOUD Cloud, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. AS. cld a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.]
1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere. I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.
Note: A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. — Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. — Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.
2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." Ezek. viii. 11.
3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1.
6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. — To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. — In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
CLOUDCloud, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.]
1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.
2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M. Arnold.
3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; — esp. used of reputation or character. I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. Shak.
4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn. And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Pope.
CLOUDCloud, v. i.
Defn: To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; — often usedwith up.Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. Shak.
CLOUDAGECloud"age, n.
Defn: Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.]A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge.
CLOUDBERRYCloud"ber`ry, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A species of raspberry (Rubus Chamæmerous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.
CLOUD-BUILTCloud"-built, a.
Defn: Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.Cowper.So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.
CLOUD-BURSTCloud"-burst`, n.
Defn: A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
CLOUD-CAPPEDCloud"-capped`, a.
Defn: Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.
CLOUD-COMPELLERCloud"-com*pel`ler, n.
Defn: Cloud-gatherer; — an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.] Pope.
CLOUDILYCloud"i*ly, adv.
Defn: In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.
CLOUDINESSCloud"i*ness, n.
Defn: The state of being cloudy.
CLOUDINGCloud"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.
CLOUDLANDCloud"land`, n.
Defn: Dreamland.
CLOUDLESSCloud"less, a.
Defn: Without a cloud; clear; bright.A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft.— Cloud"less*ly, adv.— Cloud"less*ness, n.
CLOUDLETCloud"let, n.
Defn: A little cloud. R. Browning.Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.
CLOUDYCloud"y (, a. [Compar. Cloudier (; superl. Cloudiest.] Etym: [FromCloud, n.]
1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.
2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds. As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended. Ex. xxxiii. 9
3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." Shak.
4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark. Cloudy and confused notions of things. Watts.
5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy diamond." Boyle.
6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.
CLOUGH Clough, n. Etym: [OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cloh, akin to G. klinge ravine.]
1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.
2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Knight.
CLOUGHClough, n. (Com.)
Defn: An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.
CLOUT Clout, n. Etym: [AS. clut a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. klut, Icel. klutr a kerchief, or W. clwt a clout, Gael. clud.]
1. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak.
2. A swadding cloth.
3. A piece; a fragment. [Obs.] Chaucer.
4. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; — probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout. Shak.
5. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.
6. A blow with the hand. [Low] Clout nail, a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; — used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.
CLOUTClout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting.] Etym:[OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]
1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer.
2. To join or patch clumsily. If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. P. Fletcher
3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell.
5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. A. Philips.
Note: "Clouted brogues" in Shakespeare and "clouted shoon" in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.
CLOUTERLYClout"er*ly, a. Etym: [From Clout, n.]
Defn: Clumsy; awkward. [Obs.]Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips.
CLOVEClove,
Defn: 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 the clews of sails; — called also clip hook. Knight.
CLOVEClove, n. Etym: [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.]
Defn: A cleft; a gap; a ravine; — rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.
CLOVE Clove, n. Etym: [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 resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.]
Defn: A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, or Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. — Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.
CLOVE Clove, n. Etym: [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cleófan to split, E. cleave.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.
2. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
CLOVENClo"ven, p. p. & a.
Defn: from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, — Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.
CLOVEN-FOOTED; CLOVEN-HOOFEDClo"ven-foot`ed, Clo"ven-hoofed`, a.
Defn: Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.
CLOVER Clo"ver, n. Etym: [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of differend species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense. Clover weevil (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. — Clover worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. — In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] - - Sweet clover. See Meliot.
CLOVEREDClo"vered, a.
Defn: Covered with growing clover.Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson.
CLOWE-GILOFREClowe"-gi*lof`re, n. Etym: [See 3d Clove, and Gilliflower.]
Defn: Spice clove. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CLOWNClown, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, NorthFries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E.clump, n.]
1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.
2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.
3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.
CLOWNClown, v. i.
Defn: To act as a clown; — with it [Obs.]Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
CLOWNAGEClown"age, n.
Defn: Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
CLOWNERYClown"er*y, n.
Defn: Clownishness. L'Estrange.
CLOWNISHClown"ish, a.
Defn: Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown;ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic."Prior.— Clown"ish*ly, adv.
Syn. — Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill- bred; boorish; rustic; untutored.
CLOWNISHNESSClown"ish*ness, n.
Defn: The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.
CLOYCloy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloying.]Etym: [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou,fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]
1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed.
2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit. [Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast Shak. He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. Dryden.
3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound. Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. Spenser. He never shod horse but he cloyed him. Bacon.
4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] Johnson.
5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] Shak.
CLOYLESSCloy"less, a.
Defn: That does not cloy. Shak.
CLOYMENTCloy"ment, n.
Defn: Satiety. [Obs.] Shak.
CLUBClub, n. Etym: [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf a clubfoot,SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump,kolben club, and E. clump.]
1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.
2. Etym: [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.]
Defn: Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.
3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.
4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. -Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. — Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. — Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.
CLUBClub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.]
1. To beat with a club.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. Farrow.
3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.
4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
CLUBClub, v. i.
1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite. Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream. Dryden.
2. To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: To drift in a current with an anchor out.
CLUBBABLEClub"ba*ble, a.
Defn: Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W.Curtis.
CLUBBEDClubbed, a.
Defn: Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.
CLUBBERClub"ber, n.
1. One who clubs.
2. A member of a club. [R.] Massinger.
CLUBBISHClub"bish, a.
1. Rude; clownish. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.
CLUBBISTClub"bist, n.
Defn: A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] Burke.
CLUBFISTClub"fist`, n.
1. A large, heavy fist.
2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.
CLUBFISTEDClub"fist`ed, a.
Defn: Having a large fist. Howell.
CLUBFOOTClub"foot, n. Etym: [Club + foot.] (Med.)
Defn: A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.
CLUBFOOTEDClub"foot`ed, a.
Defn: Having a clubfoot.
CLUBHANDClub"hand`, n. (Med.)
Defn: A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.
CLUBHAULClub"haul`, v. t. (Naut.)
Defn: 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 cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.
CLUBHOUSEClub"house`, n.
Defn: A house occupied by a club.
CLUBROOMClub"room`, n.
Defn: The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.
CLUB-RUSHClub"-rush`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.
CLUB-SHAPEDClub"-shaped, a.
Defn: Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.
CLUCKCluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n. Clucking.] Etym:[AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken,Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.]
Defn: To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.
CLUCKCluck, v. t.
Defn: To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does herchickens.She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked three to thewars. Shak.
CLUCKCluck, n.
1. The call of a hen to her chickens.
2. A click. See 3d Click, 2.
CLUCKINGCluck"ing, n.
Defn: The noise or call of a brooding hen.
CLUEClue, n. Etym: [See Clew, n.]
Defn: A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same asClew.You have wound a goodly clue. Shak.This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope.Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.
CLUMClum, interj.
Defn: Silence; hush. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CLUMBERClum"ber, n. Etym: [Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.
CLUMPClump, n. Etym: [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump,Sw. kllimp; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]
1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.
2. A cluster; a group; a thicket. A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.
3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.
CLUMPClump, v. t.
Defn: To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group.Blackmore.
CLUMPClump, v. i.
Defn: To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
CLUMPERClump"er, v. t. Etym: [Cf. G. klümpern to clod. See Clump, n.]
Defn: To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.]Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More.
CLUMPSClumps, n.
Defn: A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; — so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.
CLUMPYClump"y, a. Etym: [From Clump, n.]
Defn: Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt.
CLUMSILYClum"si*ly, adv.
Defn: In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.
CLUMSINESSClum"si*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being clusy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.
CLUMSYClum"sy, a. [Compar. Clumsier; superl. Clumsiest.] Etym: [OE. clumsedbenumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial.Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st Clam, and 1st Clamp.]
1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.]
2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse. But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.
Syn.— See Awkward.
CLUNCHClunch, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. clinch to make fast]
Defn: .
1. (Mining)
Defn: Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.
2. One of the hard beds of the lower chalk. Dana.
CLUNGClung,
Defn: imp. & p. p. of Cling.
CLUNG Clung, a. Etym: [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i.]
Defn: Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.]
CLUNIACClu"ni*ac, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. — Also used as a.
CLUNIACENSIANClu`ni*a*cen"sian, a.
Defn: Cluniac.
CLUPEOID Clu"pe*oid, a. Etym: [L.clupea a kind of fish, NL., generic name of the herring + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Herring family.
CLUSTERClus"ter, n. Etym: [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. &Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled.)]
1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch. Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser.
2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.
3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.
CLUSTERClus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.]
Defn: To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unitein a cluster or clusters.His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson.The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.
CLUSTERClus"ter, v. t.
Defn: To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunchor close body.Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove clusterdappled bells. Tennyson.Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson.Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears tobe composed, of several columns collected together.
CLUSTERINGLYClus"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In clusters.
CLUSTERYClus"ter*y, a. Etym: [From Cluster, n.]
Defn: Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.
CLUTCH Clutch (kluch; 224), n. Etym: [OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook, cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gelæccan (where ge- is a prefix) to seize. Cf. Latch a catch.]
1. A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp. "The clutch of poverty." Cowper. An expiring clutch at popularity. Carlyle. But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his clutch. Shak.
2. pl.
Defn: The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; — often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.
3. (Mach.)
Defn: A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.
4. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The nest complement of eggs of a bird. Bayonet clutch (Mach.), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.
CLUTCHClutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched; p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.]Etym: [OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]
1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; — often figuratively; as, to clutch power. A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier. Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . Come, let me clutch thee. Shak.
2. To close tightly; to clinch. Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. Shak.
CLUTCHClutch, v. i.
Defn: To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; —often followed by at.Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.
CLUTTERClut"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]
1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter. He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.
2. Clatter; confused noise. Swift.
CLUTTERClut"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.]
Defn: To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
CLUTTERClut"ter, v. i.
Defn: To make a confused noise; to bustle.It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.
CLUTTERClut"ter, v. t. Etym: [From Clod, n.]
Defn: To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland.
CLYDESDALEClydes"dale, n.
Defn: One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay.
CLYDESDALE TERRIERClydesdale terrier.
Defn: One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.
CLYPEASTROID Clyp`e*as"troid, a. Etym: [NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; — applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.
CLYPEATE Clyp"e*ate, a. Etym: [L. clupeatus, p. p. of clupeare to arm with a shield, fr. clupeus, clipeus shield.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.
CLYPEIFORMClyp"e*i*form`, a. Etym: [L. clupeus shield + -form.]
Defn: Shield-shaped; clypeate.
CLYPEUSClyp"e*us, n.; pl. Clypei. Etym: [L., a shield.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The frontal plate of the head of an insect.
CLYSMIANClys"mi*an, a. Etym: [Gr. Clyster.]
Defn: Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes. Smart.
CLYSMICClys"mic, a.
Defn: Washing; cleansing.
CLYSTER Clys"ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. G. hlutrs pure, G. lauter: cf. F. clystère] (Med.)
Defn: A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema. Clyster pipe, a tube or pipe used for injections.
CLYTIE KNOTCly"tie knot.
Defn: In hair dressing, a loose, low coil at the back of the head, like the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by G. F. Watts.
CNEMIALCne"mi*al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.
CNIDACni"da, n.; pl. Cnidæ. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in Coelenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.
CNIDARIACni*da"ri*a, n., pl. Etym: [NL. See Cnida.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i.e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.
CNIDOBLASTCni"do*blast, n. Etym: [Cnida + -blast.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidæ.
CNIDOCILCni"do*cil, n. Etym: [Cnida + cilium eyelash.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.
CO-Co- (.
Defn: A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.
COACERVATE Co`a*cer"vate, a. Etym: [L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate.]
Defn: Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon.
COACERVATECo`a*cer"vate, v. t.
Defn: To heap up; to pile. [R.]
COACERVATIONCo*ac`er*va"tion, n. Etym: [L. coacervatio.]
Defn: A heaping together. [R.] Bacon.
COACHCoach (; 224), n. Etym: [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of coccalittle boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. çankha. Cf.Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]
1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
Note: Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.
2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.] Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.
3. (Naut.)
Defn: A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.] The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys.
4. (Railroad)
Defn: A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing- room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
COACHCoach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached; p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching.]
1. To convey in a coach. Pope.
2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.] I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot.
COACHCoach, v. i.
Defn: To drive or to ride in a coach; — sometimes used with it.[Colloq.] "Coaching it to all quarters." E. Waterhouse.
COACHBOXCoach"box`.
Defn: The seat of a coachman.
COACHDOGCoach"dog`. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; theDalmatian dog.
COACHEECoach"ee, n.
Defn: A coachman [Slang]
COACHERCoach"er, n.
1. A coachman. [Obs.]
2. A coach horse.
3. One who coaches; specif. (Baseball),
Defn: one of the side at the bat posted near first or third base to direct a base runner.
COACHFELLOWCoach"fel`low, n.
Defn: One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak.
COACHMANCoach"man, n.; pl. Coachmen.
1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); — called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.
COACHMANSHIPCoach"man*ship, n.
Defn: Skill in driving a coach.
COACHWHIP SNAKECoach"whip` snake". (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States(Masticophis flagelliformis).
Note: Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.
COACT Co*act", v. t. Etym: [L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent.]
Defn: To force; to compel; to drive. [Obs.] The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. Foxe.
COACTCo*act", v. i. Etym: [Pref. co- + act, v.i.]
Defn: To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [Obs.]But if I tell you how these two did coact. Shak.
COACTIONCo*ac"tion, n. Etym: [L. coactio.]
Defn: Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth.
COACTIVECo*ac"tive, a. Etym: [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2dCoact.]
1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.
2. Acting in concurrence; united in action. With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.
COACTIVELYCo*ac"tive*ly, adv.
Defn: In a coactive manner.
COACTIVITYCo`ac*tiv"i*ty, n.
Defn: Unity of action.
COADAPTATIONCo*ad`ap*ta"tion, n.
Defn: Mutual adaption. R. Owen.
COADAPTEDCo`a*dapt"ed, a.
Defn: Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.
COADJUMENTCo*ad"ju*ment, n.
Defn: Mutual help; coöperation. [R.] Johnson.
COADJUSTCo`ad*just", v. t.
Defn: To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen.
COADJUSTMENTCo`ad*just"ment, n.
Defn: Mutual adjustment.
COADJUTANTCo*ad"ju*tant, a.
Defn: Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips.
COADJUTANTCo*ad"ju*tant, n.
Defn: An assistant. R. North.
COADJUTINGCo*ad"ju*ting, a.
Defn: Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton.
COADJUTIVECo*ad"ju*tive, a.
Defn: Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Feltham.
COADJUTORCo`ad*ju"tor, n. Etym: [L. See Co-, and Aid.]
1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker. Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Defn: The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.
COADJUTORSHIPCo`ad*ju"tor*ship, n.
Defn: The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope.
COADJUTRESS; COADJUTRIXCo`ad*ju"tress, Co`ad*ju"trix, n.
Defn: A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett.
COADJUVANCYCo*ad"ju*van*cy, n.
Defn: Joint help; coöperation. Sir T. Browne.
COADJUVANTCo*ad"ju*vant, a.
Defn: Coöperating.
COADJUVANTCo*ad"ju*vant, n. (Med.)
Defn: An adjuvant.
COADUNATECo*ad"u*nate, a. Etym: [L. coadunatus, p. p. of coadunare to unite.See Adunation.] (Bot.)
Defn: United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.
COADUNATIONCo*ad`u*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. coadunatio.]
Defn: Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor.The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge.
COADUNITIONCo*ad`u*ni"tion, n. Etym: [Pref. co- + pref. ad- + unition.]
Defn: Coadunation. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
COADVENTURECo`ad*ven"ture, n.
Defn: An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.
COADVENTURECo`ad*ven"ture, v. i.
Defn: To share in a venture. Howell.
COADVENTURERCo`ad*ven"tur*er, n.
Defn: A fellow adventurer.
COAFFORESTCo`af*for"est, v. t.
Defn: To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.
COAGCoag, n.
Defn: See Coak, a kind of tenon.
COAGENCYCo*a"gen*cy, n.
Defn: Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.
COAGENTCo*a"gent, n.
Defn: An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton.
COAGMENT Co`ag*ment", v. t. Etym: [L. coagmentare, fr. coagmentum a joining together, fr. cogere. See Cogent.]
Defn: To join together. [Obs.] Glanvill.
COAGMENTATIONCo*ag`men*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. coagmentatio.]
Defn: The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
COAGULABILITYCo*ag`u*la*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated.Ure.
COAGULABLECo*ag"u*la*ble, a.