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CLASS n.
A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, gemera, etc.
CLAY n.
, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. --…
CLEAR a.
Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful. With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.
CLERGYMAN n.
ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.
CLINIUM n.
See Clinanthium.
CLOUDY a.
dicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." Shak.
CO- n.
signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.
COCKSCOMB n.
flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.
COIGNE; COIGNY n.
The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] Spenser.
COIN v.
To acquire rapidly, as money; to make. Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. Locke.
COLLAPSE v.
pse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.
COLLETIC a. 2 definitions
Agglutinant. -- n.
COLONEL n.
The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
COLONIZE v.
To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
COM- n.
mes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.
COMART n.
A covenant. [Obs.] Shak.
COMFORT n.
Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
COMMANDER n.
An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
COMMANDMENT n.
The act of commanding; exercise of authority. And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak.
COMMINUTE v.
riturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.
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