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Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

So he lies, circled with evil. Coleridge. To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general stat…

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around. I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.

asps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.

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

To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, 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.

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

To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.

To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [R.] Jonson

, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott.

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.

of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift.

mbracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together. And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus Mrs. Hemans.