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State of being a client.

A dependent; one under the protection of another. I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson.

State of being client.

Of or pertaining to a client. A dependent and cliental relation. Burke. I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Supplied with clients. [R.] The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew.

See Clientele, n., 2.

The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.

The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]

Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper. Swift.

Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence. The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

Same as Cooly.

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

he first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

The stonecrop (Sedum acre).