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Furnished with tendrils.

Well-propotioned; symmetrical. [Poetic] Shak.

The quality of being cleared. Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller.

Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." Hudibras. In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

Firmly barred or closed.

Clottered. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Covered with growing clover. Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson.

Wearing a collar. "Collared with gold." Chaucer.

Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue.

Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.] Carlyle.

A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

1 Having corners or angles.

Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.

Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ra…

Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." Hazlitt.

he mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence. To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench. An assertion which might easily find credence. Macualay.

rticle of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty. The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South.

Believing; giving credence; credulous. [R.] If with too credent esr you list songs. Shak.

Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting. Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.