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plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.

A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] Hooker.

Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

To place in a particular situation; to suppy relative incidents. The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. Addison.

eral pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation. This horse load of citations and fathers. Milton.

To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak.

An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.

om the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.

ading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. [Eng.] Hook. And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". Shak.

The highest point; the greatest degree. We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. I. Taylor. To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]

One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] Hook.

th 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. Arnold.

To give a blow to; to strike. [Low] The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell.

imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch. -- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.

To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison.