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rects one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery. The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

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

pering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.

A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.

One who clubs.

Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] Burke.

A large, heavy fist.

Having a large fist. Howell.

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Having a clubfoot.

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

s head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

A house occupied by a club.

The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.

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

The noise or call of a brooding hen.