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The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. [Low] S. Richardson.

A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]

The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. Shak.

The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

A circle; anything circular. His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.

An inscription written around anything. [R.] Ashmole.

The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.

The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color. Thynne.

Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim. We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. Locke.

n 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.

Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.

Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out. Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson. A statue li…

The act of reforming anything; clearance. [R.]

That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery. The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything. To take heed of their dissembings and cloakings. Strype.