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An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.

To call, or name. [Obs.] That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.

f the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

tact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

tizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. Youatt.

To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]

ches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.

he deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

To make into a closet for a secret interview. He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft. He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.

-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.

s of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.

s one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.

To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.

The noise or call of a brooding hen.

scover a word or thing 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.