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To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump. The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray.

A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.

North of Eng.] Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.…

re with the sound of a click. She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.

Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.

oom for privacy. A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith. When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.

The art of process of making cloth. [R.] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.

from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.

Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton.

An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton.

Pressure; that which presses. [Obs.] Ray.

r of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. Swift. She was sought by spirits of richest coat. Shak.

To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions. Raymond.

r mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.