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; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. Milton.

e a court; to summon. The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten. Milton. Cited by finger of God. De Quincey.

To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] "Civilizing adultery." Milton.

ute loudly. [R.] The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton .

To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." Milton.

; perfectly; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak. "Clean contrary." Milton. All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17.

ear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. [Obs.] Milton.

Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.] A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.

of earth, turf, or clay. "Clods of a slimy substance." Carew. "Clods of iron and brass." Milton. "Clods of blood." E. Fairfax. The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. Bacon.

astery or a college. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. Milton.

I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. Milton.

clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer. Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton.

others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton. As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13

n lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.

uded 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. Arnold.

a crowd; a mob. As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton. We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. Let each His adamantine coat gird well. Milton.

Giddy; rash. Milton.

adv. Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. Milton.