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A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indi…

To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout. Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow. To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur

One belonging to the same clan with another.

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.

es together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds. Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

a pot over a fire; specif., an iron- headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft.

A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

ose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

ical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. Burke.

One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

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

ish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

dismissed Musidorus." Sir P. Sidney. Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in lifesaving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zoöl.), a South African mamma…

of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor.

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished fron foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. -- Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

By way of, or along, the coast.

. See below. [Obs.] Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. Massinger. Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often c…

A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose.

An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.