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ivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.

A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift.

r tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a clatter in story." Barrow.

A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts.

A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial.

moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.

Without a cloud; clear; bright. A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft. -- Cloud"less*ly, adv. -- Cloud"less*ness, n.

To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout. And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5. Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer.

catch or snatch; -- often followed by at. Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.

To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.] The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt.

A child's rocking-horse. Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

e northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities.

To dwell or live together as husband and wife. The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. Bouvier.

Any band or body of warriors. With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. Milton.

o gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering. A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak. 'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

A small collar or neckband. Foxe.

Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]