Claim (v./.) To call or name.
Claim (v./.) To assert; to maintain.
Claim (v. i.) To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
Claim (n.) A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.
Claim (n.) A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant.
Claim (n.) The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim.
Claim (n.) A loud call.
Claimable (a.) Capable of being claimed.
Claimant (n.) One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
Claimer (n.) One who claims; a claimant.
Claimless (a.) Having no claim.
Clair-obscur (n.) See Chiaroscuro.
Clairvoyance (n.) A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
Clairvoyant (a.) Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
Clairvoyant (n.) One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
Clake (n.) Alt. of Claik
Claik (n.) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.
Clam (v. t.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Clam (v. t.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
Clam (v. t.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
Clammed (imp. & p. p.) of Clam
Clamming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clam
Clam (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
Clam (v. i.) To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
Clam (n.) Claminess; moisture.
Clam (n.) A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
Clam (v. t. & i.) To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
Clamant (a.) Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously.
Clamation (n.) The act of crying out.
Clamatores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
Clamatorial (a.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
Clambake (n.) The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
Clambered (imp. & p. p.) of Clamber
Clambering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamber
Clamber (v. i.) To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
Clamber (n.) The act of clambering.
Clamber (v. t.) To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clamjamphrie (n.) Low, worthless people; the rabble.
Clammily (adv.) In a clammy manner.
Clamminess (n.) State of being clammy or viscous.
Clammy (Compar.) Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
Clamor (n.) A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation.
Clamor (n.) Any loud and continued noise.
Clamor (n.) A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry.
Clamored (imp. & p. p.) of Clamor
Clamoring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamor
Clamor (v. t.) To salute loudly.
Clamor (v. t.) To stun with noise.
Clamor (v. t.) To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
Clamor (v. i.) To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Clamorer (n.) One who clamors.
Clamorous (a.) Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent.
Clamp (n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
Clamp (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
Clamp (n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
Clamp (n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
Clamp (n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
Clamp (n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
Clamp (n.) A mollusk. See Clam.
Clamped (imp. & p. p.) of Clamp
Clamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clamp
Clamp (v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
Clamp (v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
Clamp (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Clamp (v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
Clamper (n.) An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper.
Clan (n.) A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.
Clan (n.) A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
Clancular (a.) Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.
Clancularly (adv.) privately; secretly.
Clandestine (a.) Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage.
Clandestinity (n.) Privacy or secrecy.
Clanged (imp. & p. p.) of Clang
Clanging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clang
Clang (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
Clang (v. i.) To give out a clang; to resound.
Clang (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
Clang (n.) Quality of tone.
Clangor (v. t.) A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.
Clangorous (a.) Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
Clangous (a.) Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound.
Clanjamfrie (n.) Same as Clamjamphrie.
Clank (n.) A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
Clanked (imp. & p. p.) of Clank
Clanking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clank
Clank (v. t.) To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
Clank (v. i.) To sound with a clank.
Clankless (a.) Without a clank.
Clannish (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.
Clanship (n.) A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
Clansmen (pl. ) of Clansman
Clansman (n.) One belonging to the same clan with another.
Clapped (imp. & p. p.) of Clap
Clapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clap
Clap (v. t.) To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.
Clap (v. t.) To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
Clap (v. t.) To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
Clap (v. t.) To express contempt or derision.
Clap (v. i.) To knock, as at a door.
Clap (v. i.) To strike the hands together in applause.