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860 words match “NYS”

CLAMBER v.
and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.
CLANG v.
To give out a clang; to resound. "Clanging hoofs." Tennyson.
CLASH n.
ision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision. The roll of cannon and clash of arms. Tennyson.
CLATTER n.
tition of abrupt sounds. The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson.
CLEAN a.
in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10 That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson.
CLEAR-CUT a.
harp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson.
CLICK v.
Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.
CLINK v.
To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.
CLOG n.
t chance breaks loose, And quits his clog. Hudibras. A clog of lead was round my feet. Tennyson.
CLUB n.
s or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was 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…
CLUSTER v. 2 definitions
te in a cluster or clusters. His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson. The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.
CLUTTER v.
To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.
COLUMNED a.
Having columns. Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson.
COME v.
ndicated; -- opposed to go. Look, who comes yonder Shak. I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.
COMMEASURE v.
To be commensurate with; to equal. Tennyson.
COMMENT n.
, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk. Their lavish comment when her name was named. Tennyson.
COMMERCE v.
To hold intercourse; to commune. Milton. Commercing with himself. Tennyson. Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. Prof. Wilson.
COMMUNE n.
mpathetic intercourse or conversation between friends. For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson.
COMPEL v.
te. Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden. I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.
COMPLEXITY n.
is complex; intricacy; complication. Many-corridored complexities Of Arthur's palace. Tennyson.
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