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Chopped pieces of fish used as bait. [U. S.]

A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

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

A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

cea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

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 rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

A mantelpiece.

Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

hich cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

A pert of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

ed in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.…

An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey. Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. Macaulay.

The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag. His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser. A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak.

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.