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Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

a man of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being accounted a clerk." Blackstone. He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. Burke.

stered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

log. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed.

A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.

corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

A joint defendant. Blackstone.

Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.

A cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

One to whom a fine of land was ackowledged. Blackstone.

One who ackowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.

A quoin. See you yound coigne of the Capitol yon corner stone Shak.

To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.