Clap (v. i.) To come together suddenly with noise.
Clap (v. i.) To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into.
Clap (v. i.) To talk noisily; to chatter loudly.
Clap (n.) A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang.
Clap (n.) A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.
Clap (n.) A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
Clap (n.) A striking of hands to express approbation.
Clap (n.) Noisy talk; chatter.
Clap (n.) The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
Clap (n.) Gonorrhea.
Clapboard (n.) A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.
Clapboard (n.) A stave for a cask.
Clapboard (v. t.) To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.
Clapbread (n.) Alt. of Clapcake
Clapcake (n.) Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.
Clape (n.) A bird; the flicker.
Clapper (n.) A person who claps.
Clapper (n.) That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Clapper (n.) A rabbit burrow.
Clapperclaw (v. t.) To fight and scratch.
Clapperclaw (v. t.) To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Claps (v. t.) Variant of Clasp
Claptrap (n.) A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Claptrap (n.) A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Claptrap (a.) Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
Claque (n.) A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
Claqueur (n.) One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.
Clare (n.) A nun of the order of St. Clare.
Clarence (n.) A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.
Clarenceux (n.) Alt. of Clarencieux
Clarencieux (n.) See King-at-arms.
Clarendon (n.) A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.
Clare-obscure (n.) See Chiaroscuro.
Claret (n.) The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.
Claribella (n.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
Clarichord (n.) A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.
Clarification (n.) The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
Clarification (n.) The act of freeing from obscurities.
Clarifier (n.) That which clarifies.
Clarifier (n.) A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.
Clarified (imp. & p. p.) of Clarify
Clarifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clarify
Clarify (v. t.) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.
Clarify (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
Clarify (v. t.) To glorify.
Clarify (v. i.) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
Clarify (v. i.) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
Clarigate (v. i.) To declare war with certain ceremonies.
Clarinet (n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.
Clarino (n.) A reed stop in an organ.
Clarion (n.) A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
Clarionet (n.) See Clarinet.
Clarisonus (a.) Having a clear sound.
Claritude (n.) Clearness; splendor.
Clarity (n.) Clearness; brightness; splendor.
Claro-obscuro (n.) See Chiaroscuro.
Clarre (n.) Wine with a mixture of honey and species.
Clart (v. t.) To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc.
Clarty (a.) Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.
Clary (v. i.) To make a loud or shrill noise.
Clary (n.) A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups.
Clashed (imp. & p. p.) of Clash
Clashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clash
Clash (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
Clash (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.
Clash (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.
Clash (n.) A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.
Clash (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.
Clashingly (adv.) With clashing.
Clasped (imp. & p. p.) of Clasp
Clasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clasp
Clasp (v. t.) To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).
Clasp (v. t.) To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.
Clasp (v. t.) To surround and cling to; to entwine about.
Clasp (n.) An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.
Clasp (n.) A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.
Clasper (n.) One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.
Clasper (n.) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.
Clasper (n.) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chimaera.
Claspered (a.) Furnished with tendrils.
Class (n.) A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.
Class (n.) A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.
Class (n.) A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, genera, etc.
Class (n.) A set; a kind or description, species or variety.
Class (n.) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader.
Classed (imp. & p. p.) of Class
Classing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Class
Class (n.) To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages.
Class (n.) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
Class (v. i.) To grouped or classed.
Classible (a.) Capable of being classed.
Classic (n.) Alt. of Classical
Classical (n.) Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.
Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.
Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.
Classic (n.) A work of acknowledged excellence and authority, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.
Classic (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.
Classicalism (n.) A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.
Classicalism (n.) Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.
Classicalist (n.) One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.