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CLERK, klirk, s. 100. A clergyman; a scho-lar, a mail of letters ; a man employed underanother as a writer; a petty writer in publicoffices ; the layman who reads the responsesto the congregation in the church, to direct therest.
CLERKSHIP, klark'shlp, s. Scholarship;the office of a clerk of any kind.
CLEVER, kliv'itr, a. 98. Dextrous, skilful;just, fit, proper, commodious ; well-shaped,handsome.
CLEVERLY, klcv'ur-lc, ad. Dextrously, fit-ly, handsomely.
CLEVERNESS, klev'ur-nes, s. Dexterity,skill.
CLEW, klu, s. Thread wound upon a bottom;a guide, a direction.
To CLEW, klu, r. a. To clew the sails, is toraise them in order to be furled.
To CLICK, kllk, v. n. To make a sharp, suc-cessive noise.
CLIENT, kli'ent, s. One who applies to anadvocate for counsel and defence; a depend-ant.
CLIENTED, kli'en-ted, part. a. Suppliedwith clients.
CLIENTELE, kli-en-tele', s. The conditionor office of a client.
CLIENTSHIP, kll'ent-shlp, s. The condi-tinn of a client,
CLIFF, kl?f, *. A steep rock, a rock.
CLIFT, klift, s. The same with Cliff.
CLIMACTER, kli-mak'tur, ,s. 122. A cer-tain progression of years, supposed to end in adangerous time of life.
CLIMACTERICK, kl?m-ilk-ter'rik, 580. >
CLIMACTERICAL, klim-ilk-ter're-kal, Ja. Containing a certain number of years, ntthe end of which some great change is sup-posed to befall the body.
CLIMATE , kli'mate, s. 91. A space uponthe surface of the earth, measured from theequator to the polar circles ; in each of whichspaces the longest day is half an hour longer.From the polar circles to the poles climates aremeasured by the increase of a month ; a re-gion or tract of land differing from another bythe temperature of the air.
CLIMATURE, kli'ma-tshure, s. 463. Thesame with Climate.
CLIMAX, kll'maks, $. Gradation, ascent, afigure in rhetoric, by which the sentence risesgradually.
To CLIMB, klime, v, n. To ascend to anyplace.
To CLIMB, kllme, r. a. To ascend.
CLIMBER, kli'mur, s. One that mounts orscales any place, a mounter, a riser; a plantthat creeps upon other supports J the name ofa particular herb.
CLIME, klime, s. Climate, region ; tract ofearth.
To CLINCH, kllnsh, v. a. To hold in handwith the fingers bent; to contract or doublethe fingers; to bend the point of a nail in theother side ; to confirm, to fix, as To clinch anaigument.
CLINCH, klinsh, s. A pun, an ambiguity.
CLINCHER, klinsh'ur, s. 98. A cramp, aholdfast.
To CLING, kling, v. n. To hang upon bytwining round ; to dry up, to consume.
CLINGY, kllnge, a. Clinging, adhesive.
CLINICAL, klfn'e-kdl, \ ((.Keeping the bed
CLINICK, klin'ik, j through sickness.
To CLINK, klingk, e. n. 405. To utter asmall interrupted noise.
CLINK, klingk, s. 405. A sharp successive
noise.
CLINQUANT, kllngk'ant, a. Shining, glit-tering.
To CLIP, klip, v. a. To embrace by throw-ing the arms round ; to cut with sheers; it isparticularly used of those who diminish coin ;to curtail, to cut short; to confine, to hold.
CLIPPER, klip'pur, s. One that debases
coin by cutting.
CLIPPING, klip'plng, s. The part cut orclipped off.
CLOAK, kidke, s. The outer garment; a
concealment.
To CLOAK, kldke, v. a. To cover with aclonk ; to hide, to conceal.
CLOAKBAG, kldke'hitg, s. A portmanteau,a bag in which clothes are carried.
CLOCK, kldk, s. The instrument which tellsthe hour. The clock of a stocking, the flow-ersor inverted work about the ankle; a sort ofbeetle.
CLOCKMAKER, kldkm/t-kur, s. An arti-ficer w hose profession is to make clocks.
CLOCKWORK, kldk'wurk, s. Movementsby weights or springs.
CLOI), kldd, s. A lump of earth or clay; aturf, the grownd ; anything vile, base, andearthly ; a dull fellow, a dolt.
To CLOD, kldd, r. n. To gather into con-cretions, to coagulate.
To CLOD, kldil, v. a. To pelt with clods.
CLODDY, kldd'de,«. Consisting of earth orclods, earthy ; full of clods unbroken.
CLODPATE, kldd'pate, s. A stupid fellow,a dolt, a thickscull.
CLODPATED, kldd'pi-led, a. Doltish,thoughtless.
CLODPOLL,kldd'pAle,s.A thickscull,a dolt.
To CLOG, kldg, r- «. To load with some-thing that may hinder motion; to hinder, toobstruct; to load, to burden.
To CLOG, kldg, v. n. To coalesce, to ad-here; to be encumbered or impeded.
CLOG, kldg, -V. An incumbrance hung tohinder motion, a hindrance, an obstruction ;a kind of additional shoe worn by women, tokeep them from wet; a wooden shoe-
CLOGGINESS, kldg'ge-nes, s. The stateof being clogged.
CLOGGY, kldg'ge. a. 283. That which hasthe power of cl >gging up-
CLOISTER , kldis'tur, s. A religious retire-ment ; a peristile, a piazza.
To CLOISTER , kldis'tur, r. ft. To shut up ina religious liuww ; to immure from the world*
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