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A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.

The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

A Chinese governor general; a tsung tu (which see).

A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.

Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.

See Clake.

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

Capable of being claimed.

One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

One who claims; a claimant.

Having no claim.

See Chiaroscuro.

Act of hearing, or the ability to hear, sounds not normally audible; -- usually claimed as a special faculty of spiritualistic mediums, or the like.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, clairaudience.

A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters.

A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.

A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.

Stupid. [Obs.] Shak.