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CLAYATED, klav'ii-ted, a. Knobbed.
CLAUDENT, klaw'dent, a. Shutting, en-closing.
To CLAUDICATE, klaw'di-kate, v. n. Tobait.
CLAUDICATION, klaw-de-ka'shun, s.
The habit of halting.
CLAVE, klave. The preterit of Cleave.
CLAVELLATED, klav el-la-ted, a. Madewith burnt tartar. A chymical term.
CLAVICLE , klav'e-kl, s. 405. The collar-bone.
CLAUSE, klawz, s. A sentence, a singlepart of discourse, a subdivision of a larger sen-tence ; an article, or particular stipulation.
CLAUSTRAL, klaws'trzLl, a. Relating to acloister.
CLAUSURE, klaw'zkure, s. 452. Confine-ment.
CLAW, klaw, S. The foot of a beast or birdarmed with sharp nails ; a hand, in contempt.
To CLAW, klaw, v. a. To tear with nailsor claws; to tear or scratch in general.—To clawoff, to scold.
CLAWBACK, klaw'bak, s. A flatterer, awheedler.
CLAWED, klawd, a. 359. Furnished or arm-ed with claws.
CLAY, kla, s. Unctuous and tenacious earth.
To CLAY, kla, a. To cover with clay.
CLAY-COLD, kla'k&Id, a. Cold as the un-
animated earth.
CLAY-PIT, kll'plt, s. A pit where clay is
dug.
CLAYEY, klae, a. Consisting of clay.
CLAYMARL, klamarl,s. A chalky clay.
CLEAN, klene, a. 227. Free from dirt orfilth; chaste, innocent, guiltless; elegant,neat, not incumbered ; not leprous.
CLEAN, klene, ad. Quite, perfectly, fully,completely.
To CLEAN, klene, v. a. To free from dirt.
CLEANLILY,klen'le-le, ad. 234. In a clean-ly manner.
~ nes, s. Freedom
CLEANLINESS, klen'le-
from dirt or filth ; neatness of dress, purity.
CLEANLY, klen'le, a. 234. Free from dirti-ness, pure in the person; that which makescleanliness; pure, immaculate ; nice, artful.
CLEANLY, klenele, ad. 227. Elegantly,neatly.
CLEANNESS , klene'nes, s. Neatness, free-dom from filth; easy exactness, justnessna-tural, unlaboured correctness ; purity, inno-cence.
p^EANSE, klenz, i?, e.. 515. To free fromfilth or dirt; to purify from guilt; to free fromnoxious humours; to free from leprosy > toscour.
CLEANSER, klen'zur, s. 98. That whichhas the quality of evacuating.
CLEAR, klere, a. 227. Bright, pellucid,transparent; serene; perspicuous, not ob-scure, not ambiguous; indisputable, evident,undeniable; apparent, manifest, not hid; un-spotted. guiltless, irreproachable} free from
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prosecution, or imputed guilt, guiltless; freefrom deductions or incumbrances; out of debt;unentangled ; at a safe distance from danger;canorous, sounding distinctly
CLEAR, klere, ad. Clean, quite, completely.
To CLEAR, klere, v. a. To make bright, tobrighten; to free from obscurity; to purge fromthe imputation of guilt, to justify ; to cleanse ;to discharge, to remove any incumbrance; tofree from any thing offensive ; to clarify, as toclear liquors; to gain without deduction.
To CLEAR, klere, v . n. To grow bright, torecover transparency ; to be disengaged fromincumbrances or entanglements.
CLEARANCE,kle'rilnse,$.A certificate thata ship has been cleared at the custom-house.
CLEARER, klere'ur, s. Brightener,purifier,enlightener.
CLEARLY, klere'le,ad. Brightly, luminous-ly ; plainly, evidently; with discernment,acutely; without entanglement; without de-duction or cost; without reserve* without sub-terfuge.
CLEARNESS, klere'nls, s. Transparency,brightness; splendour, lustre; distinctness,perspicuity.
CLEARSIGHTED, klere-sl'ted, a. Discern-ing, judicious.
To CLEARSTARCH, klere'st&rtsh, v. a. Tostiffen with starch.
CLEARSTARCHER, klere'starts ], ur, *.One who washes fine linen.
To CLEAVE, kleve, v. n. 227. To adhere,to stick, to hold to; to unite aptly, to fit; tounite in concord ; to be concomitant.
To CLEAVE, kleve,t\ a. To divide with vio-lence, to split; to divide.
To CLEAVE, kleve, u. n. To part asunder ;
to sutler division.
CLEAVER, kle'vur, s. 98. A butcher's in-strument to cut animals into joints.
CLEF , kltf, s. A mark at the beginning ofthe lines of a song, which shows the tone orkey in which the piece is to begin.
£3* It is the common fault of Professions, liberal as
well as mechanical, to vitiate their technical terms.
Thus,even without the plea of brevity, clef is changed
by musicians into cliff-
CLEFT, kleft,j>«rf. pass, from Cleave. Di-vided.
CLEFT, kleft, s. A space made by the sepa-ration of parts, a crack; in farriery, clefts arecracks in the heels of a horse.
To C LEFT GRAFT, kllft'grilft, r. a. To in-graft by cleaving the stock of a tree.
CLEMENCY , klem'men-se, s. Mercy, re-
mission of severity.
CLEMENT, klem'ment, a. Mild, gentle, mer-ciful.
To CLEPE, klepe, v. a. To call, to name—See Ycleped. Obsolete.
CLERGY , kler'je, s. The body of men setapart by due ordination for the service of God .
CLERGYMAN , kler'je-inan, s. 88. A man inholy orders, not a laick.
CLERICAL, kler'e-kil, a. Relating to theclergy.