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spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

gether, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]

To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." Milton.

One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.

Limping. [R.]

A halting or limping. [R.] Tatler.

To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

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

To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.] Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.

To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

e base, which is bellshaped and has attached to it the cables for controlling the wing-warping devices, elevator planes, and the like.

To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M.…

A little cloud. R. Browning. Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.

(Naut.) See under Hitch. -- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.

To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary. I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.

A heaping together. [R.] Bacon.