Clack - Clap

2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
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Clack (?), v. t. 1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
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2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham.
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Coloq. To clack wool , to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]
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Clack, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See , v. t.] 1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
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2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.
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3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
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Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. South.
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Coloq. Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. -- Coloq. Clack dish , a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak.
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Coloq. Clack door (Mining), removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. -- Coloq. Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.
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Clacker (?), n. 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.
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2. A claqueur. See .
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Clad (klăd), v. t. To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.
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Clad, imp. & p. p. of .
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Cladocera (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � a sprout + � a horn.] (Zoöl.) An order of the Entomostraca.
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☞ They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of antenæ, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water.
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cladode n. a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf.
Syn. -- cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade.
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Cladonia n. the type genus of Cladoniaceae; lichens characterized by a crustose thallus and capitate fruiting bodies borne on simple or branched podetia.
Syn. -- genus Cladonia.
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Cladophyll (?), n. [Gr. � a sprout + � a leaf.] (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).
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Claggy (?), a. [Cf. .] Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.
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Claik (?), n. See .
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Claim (klām), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Claimed (klāmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen, claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to calare to proclaim, Gr. kalei^n to call, Skr. kal to sound, G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.] 1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.
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2. To proclaim. [Obs.] Spenser.
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3. To call or name. [Obs.] Spenser.
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4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]
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Claim, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
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We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. Locke.
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Claim, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See , v. t.] 1. 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.
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2. 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. “A bar to all claims upon land.” Hallam.
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3. 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. [U.S. & Australia]
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4. A loud call. [Obs.] Spenser
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Coloq. To lay claim to , to demand as a right. “Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?” Shak.
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Claimable (?), a. Capable of being claimed.
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Claimant (?), n. [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf. .] One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.
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Claimer (?), n. One who claims; a claimant.
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Claimless, a. Having no claim.
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Clairaudience (?), n. [F. clair clear + F. & E. audience a hearing. See .] Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.
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Clairaudient (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.
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Clairaudient, n. One alleged to have the power of clairaudience.
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Claire (?), n. [F.] A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.
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Clair-obscur (�), n. [F. See .] See .
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Clairvoyance (?), n. [F.] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.
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Clairvoyant (?), a. [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See , and .] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
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Clairvoyant n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
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{ Clake, Claik (?), } n. (Zoöl.) The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also called clack goose.
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Clam (klăm), n. [Cf. , , v. t., .] 1. (Zoöl.) 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.
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You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616).
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Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a cockle; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634).
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2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.
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3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood.
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Coloq. Blood clam . See under .
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Clam (clăm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] [Cf. AS. clæman to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
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A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.
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Clam, v. i. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden
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Clam, n. Claminess; moisture. [R.] “The clam of death.” Carlyle.
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Clam, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares.
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Clam, v. t. & i. To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares.
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Clamant (?), a. [L. clamans, p. pr. of clamare to call. Cf. .] Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorously. “Clamant children.” Thomson.
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Clamation (?), n. [LL. clamatio, fr. L. clamare to call.] The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne.
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Clamatores (?), n. pl. [L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler.] (Zoöl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
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Clamatorial (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.
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Clambake (?), n. The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.
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Clamber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clambering.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. , .] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
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The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.
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Clamber, n. The act of clambering. T. Moore.
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Clamber, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
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Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak.
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Clamjamphrie (?), n. Low, worthless people; the rabble. [Scot.] Jamieson.
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Clammily (?), adv. In a clammy manner. “Oozing so clammily.” Hood.
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Clamminess, n. State of being clammy or viscous.
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Clammy (?), a. [Compar. Clammier (?); superl. Clammiest.] [Cf. AS. clām clay. See to clog, and cf. .] Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.
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clammyweed n. strong-scented herb (Polanisia graveolens) common in the southern U. S. covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
Syn. -- Polanisia graveolens, Polanisia dodecandra.
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Clamor (?), n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L. clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See .] 1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation from many people. Shak. [Also spelled clamour.]
Syn. -- clamor, hue and cry.
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2. Any loud and continued noise. Addison.
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3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.
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Clamor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clamoring.] 1. To salute loudly. [R.]
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The people with a shout
Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton.
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2. To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.
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3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.
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Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow.
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To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur�ion.
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Clamor, v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to talk in a loud voice; to complain; to make importunate demands.
Syn. -- clamor, roar, vociferate, holler, hollo.
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The obscure bird
Clamored the livelong night. Shak.
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2. to dispute in a loud voice.
Syn. -- brawl, wrangle, clamor.
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Clamorer (?), n. One who clamors.
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Clamorous (?), a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.] Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. “My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion.” Southey.

-- Clamorously, adv. -- Clamorousness, n.
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clamour n. and v. same as .
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clamourous adj. same as .
Syn. -- blatant, clamant, clamorous, vociferous.
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Clamp (klămp), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. , .] 1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
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2. (a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
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3. 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.
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4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
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5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
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6. A mollusk. See . [Obs.]
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Coloq. Clamp nails , nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.
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Clamp (klămp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (klămt; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.] 1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
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2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]
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Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf. .] A heavy footstep; a tramp.
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Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
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The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.
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clampdown n. sudden restriction on an activity.
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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. Kane.
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clamshell n. 1. the shell of a clam.
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2. a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam.
Syn. -- grapple.
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clamydospore n. a thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae.
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Clan (klăn), n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. , n.] 1. 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. “I have marshaled my clan.” Campbell.
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2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.
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Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. Smolett.
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The whole clan of the enlightened among us. Burke.
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Clancular (?), a. [L. clancularius , from clanculum secretly, adv. dim. of clam secretly.] Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.]
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Not close and clancular, but frank and open. Barrow.
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Clancularly, adv. privately; secretly. [Obs.]
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Clandestine (?), a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke.

Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent.

-- Clandestinely, adv. -- Clandestineness, n.
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Clandestinity (?), n. Privacy or secrecy. [R.]
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Clang (klăng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanged (klăngd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clanging.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. klazein to clash, scream; or perh. to E. clank.] To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
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The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.
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Clang, v. i. To give out a clang; to resound. “Clanging hoofs.” Tennyson.
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Clang, n. 1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.
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The broadsword's deadly clang,
As if a thousand anvils rang. Sir W. Scott.
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2. (Mus.) Quality of tone.
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clanger n. A conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate; as, he dropped a clanger. [British]
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clanging adj. emitting a series of clangs, as of metal objects colliding.
Syn. -- clangorous.
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Clangor (klăṉgẽr), n. [L., fr. clangere. See , v. t.] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.
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clangoring n. a loud resonant repeating noise.
Syn. -- clang, clangor, clangour, clank, clash, crash, jangle.
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Clangorous (?), a. [LL. clangorosus.] Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.
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Clangous (?), a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [Obs.]
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Clanjamfrie (?), n. Same as . [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.
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Clank (klăṉk), n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. .] 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.
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But not in chains to pine,
His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.
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Clank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.
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Clank, v. i. To sound with a clank.
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Clankless, a. Without a clank. Byreon.
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Clan-na-Gael (?), n. [Ir., clan of the Gaels.] A secret society of Irish Fenians founded in Philadelphia in 1881.
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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.

-- Clannishly, adv. -- clannishness, n.
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clannishness n. 1. a tendency to associate with only a select group.
Syn. -- cliquishness, exclusiveness.
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2. a tendency to associate with only one's own clan; the propensity to display the sentiments, habits, and prejudices of one's own clan.
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Clanship, n. A state of being united together as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.
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Clansman (?), n.; pl. Clansmen (#). One belonging to the same clan with another.
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clanswoman n. a female member of a clan.
Syn. -- clansman, clan member.
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Clap (klăp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clapped (klăpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clapping.] [AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D, klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v. i., to split open, yelp, klopfen, v. t. & i., to knock.] 1. 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.
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Then like a bird it sits and sings,
And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.
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2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.
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He had just time to get in and clap to the door. Locke
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Clap an extinguisher upon your irony. Lamb.
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3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance.
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Coloq. To clap hands . (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak. (b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] Lam. ii. 15. -- Coloq. To clap hold of , to seize roughly or quickly. -- Coloq. To clap up . (a) To imprison hastily or without due formality. (b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] “Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?” Shak.
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Clap (?), v. i. 1. To knock, as at a door. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To strike the hands together in applause.
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Their ladies bid them clap. Shak.
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3. To come together suddenly with noise.
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The doors around me clapped. Dryden.
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4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [Obs.] “Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?” Shak.
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5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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