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red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. -- Clay pit, a pit where c…

Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison.

thing injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out. Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson. A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears…

clergyable felony, he is entitled equally to his clergy after as before conviction. Blackstone. Benefit of clergy (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, cleric…

Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

a man of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being accounted a clerk." Blackstone. He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. Burke.

tered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

zation. (Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounc…

The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

og. [Obs.] The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed.

A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.

orners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

An object at which stones are flung. "Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

A joint defendant. Blackstone.

Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.