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A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

fadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. Spenser. A college gown That clad her like an April Daffodilly. Tennyson And chance-sown daffodil. Whittier.

s; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera.

A saddle-shaped cavity to contain the winter eggs, situated on the back of Cladocera.

with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

ed the main part of the navies of the world till about 1870, when the introduction of ironclads superseded them. [Formerly spelled frigat and friggot.]

Dressed; habited; clad.

Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. Clad in a vesture of unknown gear. Spenser.

rilliant, as if with heat; to be bright or red with heat or animation, with blushes, etc. Clad in a gown that glows with Tyrian rays. Dryden. And glow with shame of your proceedings. Shak.

Dressed in a gown; clad. Gowned in pure white, that fitted to the shape. Tennyson.

n preferable to be sick.] Fabian. For him was lever have at his bed's head Twenty bookes, clad in black or red, . . . Than robes rich, or fithel, or gay sawtrie. Chaucer.

ty; chastity. If she have forgot Honor and virtue. Shak. Godlike erect, with native honor clad. Milton.

Wearing mail or armor; clad of armor. W. Browne.

Cased or covered with iron, as a vessel; ironclad.

al coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad. Sir J. Harrington.

along the middle of a flat or curved surface. Bilge keel (Naut.), a keel peculiar to ironclad vessels, extending only a portion of the length of the vessel under the bilges. Ham. Nav. Encyc. -- False keel. See under False. -- Keel boat. (a) A covered freight boat, with a keel, but no sails, used on Western rivers. […

. See under Blue grass. -- Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is a very valuable.

Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field.

In a manner becoming a knight. And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. Shak.

. Sidney. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton.