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To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

and by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find falt with; to vex. [Obs…

The Devil; Clootie; -- usually in the pl. Burns.

The Devil. "Satan, Nick, or Clootie." Burns.

from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot or hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense. Clover weevil (Zoöl.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. -- Clover worm (Zoöl.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. -- In clover, in very pleasant circumsta…

ibles and maxillæ) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.] Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene. He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

Association; company. Evil communications corrupt manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33.

; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy. I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden. How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.

Exciting desire, good or evil. The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South.

ght is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.

erament; disposition; character. [Obs.] The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.

by the aid of supernatural powers. The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak. To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

A combination of men for an evil purpose; as agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot. When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. Chaucer. They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19. I had forgot that foul conspiracy Of the beast Caliban and hi…

nds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.] The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser. Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak.

On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand. Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9.