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ee from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate. To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South.

article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

h them soon after in another acceptation. T. Fuller Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs…

indicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed. I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality. Dryden. How! wouldst thou clear rebellion Addison.

ury, there were only two great creative minds. Macaulay. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley.

d or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

encumbered, as with extraneous matter. In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. S. Sharp.

vé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

ch curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, or Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. Cock"a*…

eir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." Nash (1592). This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak.

A clause added to a will.

A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie. Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak.

false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole. For guineas in other men's breeches, Your gamesters will palm and will cog. Swift.

Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted. No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More. Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall. The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.…

The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

Acting in an indirect way. If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.

In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. Jer. Taylor.

ering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. "The collection for the saints." 1 Cor. xvi. 1

d; to melt. [Obs.] The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.

other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert. If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.