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To plot; to plan; to combine for. Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall.

e sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the snemy were covered from our sight by the woods. A cloud covered the mount. Exod. xxiv. 15. In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. Milton.

oward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity. He raised the house with loud and coward cries. Shak. Invading fears repel my coward joy. Proir.

To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound. As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.

To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.

n officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier. He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15.

rimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

nk or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.] Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak.

A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]

se in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound. Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.

, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. Matt. xxvii. 46. Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. Shak. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. Ps…

Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.

A form of cloud. See Cloud.

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

nclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains. So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red. Milton.

agrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.

Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind. Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison. It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.

he whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15. So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.