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apering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.

A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects.

Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.

One who clubs.

Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] Burke.

A large, heavy fist.

Having a large fist. Howell.

A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Having a clubfoot.

A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

A house occupied by a club.

The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.

A club or association of persons interested in aëronautics.

A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.

A club or company organized for singing glees, and (by extension) part songs, ballads, etc.

ica. Angelica tree, a thorny North American shrub (Aralia spinosa), called also Hercules' club.