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

Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

To clear from clouds. [Archaic] Fuller.

To envelop in clouds; to cloud. [R.] Spenser.

To envelop as in clouds; to darken; to obscure. Milton.

To cloud. [R.] Daniel.

To cover or overspread with clouds; to becloud; to overcast.

Too loud; noisy.

A cloud charged with electricity, and producing lightning and thunder.

To free from clouds; to unvail; to clear from obscurity, gloom, sorrow, or the like. Beau. & Fl.

In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.

To deceive; to impose on. [Obs.] Their eyes red and staring, cozened with a moist cloud, and abused by a double object. Jer. Taylor.

cts of light other than ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairholt.

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

Clouded; obscured. [R.]

Admonition; advice; warning. [Obs.] Therefore give me no counsel: My griefs cry louder than advertisement. Shak.

ing changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

A species of Vitex (V. agnus castus); the chaste tree. Loudon. And wreaths of agnus castus others bore. Dryden.

nger. -- Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. -- Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm pos…