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A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. [Eng.] Hook. And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". Shak.

he latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. Macaulay. Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley.

ous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

gion of the earth. See Climate. Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith.

or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin. Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay.

A lump or mass, especially 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.

nclusion; cessation; ending; end. His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay.

priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth Macaulay. The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. I. Taylor. Body cloth. See under Body. -- Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of…

The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.

as always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.

The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

ng previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.

Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

leg. J. Randolph. The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.

A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.

A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.] The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. R. Carew.

A game played by children with nuts.

A wall made of clay mixed with straw.

n one side in a pert or jaunty manner. They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.