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piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.…

Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).

With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.

In a clean manner; neatly. He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.

A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

a client. A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

Broken; fissured. Climb the Andeclifted side. Grainger.

A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.

Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.

Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen. One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak. Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton. Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M.…

To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens. She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked three to the wars. Shak.

Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.]

A joint ally. Kent.

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albumin…

One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] Dickens.

r nations. Campbell. Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. De Quincey.