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To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

A fruitful field. Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).

identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.

To come to an issue; to turn out; to succed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise. [Prov. or Obs.] Holland.

A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.] The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith. To choose sides. See under Side.

To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.

Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray.

The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round. A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. Holland.

Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne.

turning, rolling, or whirling round.

claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells. To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

. See under Bowlder. -- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky…

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.