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1,627 words match “LEY”

CLEAN adv.
out miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.
CLERIC n.
A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] Bp. Horsley.
CLEVER a.
great creative minds. Macaulay. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley.
CLIFF LIMESTONE n.
imestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
CLOSE a.
Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.
CLOSEFISTED a.
Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
CLOUGH n.
A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.
CLOVE n.
ic. Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.
CLUSTER n.
gether or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.
CO-SUFFERER n.
One who suffers with another. Wycherley.
COAGULATOR n.
That which causes coagulation. Hixley.
COALITION n.
union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. Bentley.
COAT n.
card indeed.' `Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See…
CODEX n.
A collection of canons. Shipley.
COETANEOUS a.
mporaneous. -- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley.
COEXTEND v.
English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations Bentley.
COGNIZANCE n.
ully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.
COGNOVIT n.
ritting whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.
COHIBIT v.
To restrain. [Obs.] Bailey.
COINCIDENCE n.
of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.
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