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ear, as before a court; to summon. The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten. Milton. Cited by finger of God. De Quincey.

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

aid to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve. You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616). Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth…

To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [Obs.] "Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse" Shak.

A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.] Like a clawback parasite. Bp. Hall.

the clay. Job xxxiii. 6. The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. Byron. Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder. -- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an or…

hold fast; to cling. My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5. The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60. Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper.

Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil. Halliwell.

To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] Halliwell

, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.

The game of ninepins. [Obs.] Halliwell.

clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21 The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.

. . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.

Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13