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olarization. (Min.) See under Polarization. -- Circular or Globular sailing (Naut.), the method of sailing by the arc of a great circle. -- Circular saw. See under Saw.

Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. Addison.

r military affairs. -- Civil service reform, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. -- Civil state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastica…

The substitution of business principles and methods for political methods in the conduct of the civil service. esp. the merit system instead of the spoils system in making appointments to office.

A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

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

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. -- Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.

ibute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.

The bend 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.

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

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. Dryden.

A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word clôture was originally applied to this proceeding.

To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift.

To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at. Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.

To annex with something else.

That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.