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iscopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. "A zealous churchman." Macaulay.

A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.] There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.

A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] "The circinations and spherical rounds of onions." Sir T. Browne.

; a set. As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

izontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360º, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

t. Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak.

A laoud call. [Obs.] Spenser To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance" Shak.

The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay.

A set; a kind or description, species or variety. She had lost one class energies. Macaulay.

in any language. In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay.

ure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill. Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden. Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

To gain without deduction; to net. The profit which she cleared on the cargo. Macaulay. To clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires. -- To clear a ship for action, or To…

nderstanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.

Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil. Halliwell.

d tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe. They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.