Climate, region, tract of —nò, mỏve, når, uốt;—tåbe, tüb, båll,-dil;-påånd;—thin, THIS. (LEF, klif. s. A mark at the beginning of the|| CLIME, klime. 8. lines of a song, which shows the tone or key in earth. which the piece is to begin. IF It is the common fault of Professions, liberal as well as mechanical, to vitiate their technical terins. Thus, even without the plea of brevity, clef is changed by musicians into cliff. CLEFT, kleft. part. pass. from Cleave. "Divi-|| ded. CLEFT, kleft. s. A space made by the separa- To CLEFTGRAFT, kleft'gräft. v. a. To engraft CLEMENT, klễm'ırênt. a. "Mild, gentle, merciful. CLERGY, klêr'jẻ. s. The body of men set apart CLERICAL, klêr'è-kål. a. Relating to the clergy. CLERK, klärk. s. 100. A clergyman; a scholar,|| a man of letters; a man employed under another as a writer; a petty writer in publick offices; the layman who reads the responses to the congregation in the church, to direct the rest. CLERKSHIP, klark'ship. s. Scholarship; the office of a clerk of any kind. CLEVER, klêv'år. a. 98. Dexterous, skilful; just, fit, proper, commodious; well-shaped, handsome. To CLINCH, klinsh. v. a. To hold in hand with the fingers bent; to contract or double the fin gers; to bend the point of a nail in the other side; to confirm, to fix, as To clinch an argu ment. CLINCH, klinsh. s. A pun, an ambiguity. To CLING, kling. v. n. To hang upon by twin- through sickness. } To CLINK, klingk. v. u. 409. To utter a small interrupted noise. CLINK, klingk. s. 409. A sharp successive noise. CLIPPING, klip'ping. s.. The part cut or clip- To CLOAK, kloke. v. a. To cover with a cloak CLOAKBAG, kloke'båg. 8. A portmanteau, a bag in which clothes are carried. CLOCK, klök. s. Dexterously, fitly, CLOCK, klok. s. The instrument which tells the hour; The clock of a stocking, the flowers or inverted work about the ankle; a sort of beetle. CLEVERLY, klêv'år-lè. ad. Dexterously, fitly,|| handsomely. CLEVERNESS, klav'ar-nês. s. Dexterity, skill. To CLEW, klů. v. a. To clew the sails, is to To make a sharp, suc cessive noise. CLIENTELE, kll-ên-tèle'. 8. The condition or CLIFF, klf. s. A steep rock, a rock. CLIMACTERICK, klm-åk-tér'rik. 530. befal the body CLIMATE, kll'måte. s. 91. A space upon the surface of the earth, measured from the equator to the polar circles; in each of which spaces the longest day is half an hour longer than in that|| nearer to the equator. From the polar circles to the poles climates are measured by the increase of a month; a region or tract of land differing from another by the temperature of|| the air. CLOCKMAKER, klok'må-kůr. 8. An artificer whose profession is to make clocks. CLOCKWORK, klôk'wårk. s. Movements by weights or springs. CLOD, klåd. s. A lump of earth or clay; a turf, the ground; any thing vile, base, and earthy; a duil fellow, a dolt. To CLOD, klôd. v. n. To gather into concretions, to coagulate. To CLOD, kiôl. v. a. To pelt with clods. CLODDY, klöd'dè. a. Consisting of earth or clods, to thy; full of clo1s, unbroken. CLODPATE, klôd'påte. s. A stupid fellow, a dolt, a thickskull. CLODPATED, kiöd'påted. a. Doltish, thoughtless. CLODPOLL, klôd'pole. s. A thickskull, a dolt. To CLOG, klög. v. a. To load with something that may hinder motion; to hinder, to obstruct; to load, to burthen. To CLOG, klög. v n. To coalesce, to adhere; to be incumbered or impeded The state of CLOG, klog. s. Any incumbrance hung to hin- That which has the A religious retire ment a peristile, a piazza. To CLOISTER, klois'tur. v. a. To shut up in a religious house; to immure from the world. CLOISTERAL, klõîs'tür-äl. a. 28. Solitary, retired. CLOISTERED, klöis'tård. part. a. Solitary CLOISTERESS, klôls'trẻs. s. A nun. To CLOOM, klöðin. v. a. To shut, with viscous inatter. To CLOSE, 4lòze, v. a -CLU together, to conclude, to finish; to enclose, to || pours in the air; the veins or stains in stones, or other bodies; any state of obscurity or darkness. To CLOUD, klöůd. v. a. To darken with clouds, to obscure, to make less evident; to variegate with dark veins. To CLOUD, klôåd. v. n. To grow cloudy. CLOSE, klóze. s. The time of shutting up; a|CLOUDBERRY, klôûd'bèr-rè. s. A plant, callea grapple in wrestling; a pause or cessation; a also Kuotberry. conclusion or end. 410. An epithet of Jupiter, by whom clouds were supposed to be collected. CLOUDITY, klöûd'dè-lé. ad. With clouds, darkly; obscurely, not perspicuousty. S. The state of CLOUDINESS, klou'dé-nês. being covered with clouds, darkness; want of brightness. CLOUDCAPT, klöůd'kåpt. a. Topped with clouds. CLOSE, klóse. a. 437, 499. Shut fast; with-||CLOUDCOMPELLING, klöûd'köm-pêl-ling. a. out vent, without inlet; confined; compact, concise, brief; immediate, without any intervening distance or space; joined one to another; narrow, as a close alley; admitting small distance; hidden, secret, not revealed; having|| the quality of secrecy, trusty; reserved, covetGus; cloudy, without wandering, attentive; full to the point, home; retired, solitary; secluded from communication; dark, cloudy, not clear. CLOSEBODIED, klòse-bûdîd. a. 99. Made to fit the body exactly. CLOSEHANDED, klóse-hån'ded. a. Covetous; more commonly CLOSEFISTED. CLOSELY, klóse'lè. ad. Without inlet or outlet ; without much space intervening, nearly; secretly, slily; without deviation. luminous. CLOÛDLESS, klõůd'lês. a. Clear, unclouded, CLOUDY, klöůd'dě. a. Obscured with clouds, dark, obscure, not intelligible; gloomy of look, not open, not cheerful; marked with spots or veins. CLOUGH, or CLOFF, klôff. s. The cleft of a hill, a cliff'; an allowance in weight. When this word signifies a deep descent between hills, it seems best to pronounce it so as to rhyme with plough; and when it means an allowance in weight, to rhyme it with enough: but this distinction of sound to distinguish the different meaning of a word, however plausible, is a great inconvenience in language. For the reason, see BowL. CLOSENESS, klóse'nes. s. The state of being CLOSET, klöz'ît. s. 99. A small room of pri- To CLOSET, klözt. v. a. To shut up, or conceal in a closet; to take into a closet for a se cret interview. S. CLOVE, klöve. s. A valuable spice brought from Ternate; the fruit or seed of a very large tree; some of the parts into which garlick separates. CLOVE-GILLYFLOWER, klove-jil'lè-ülőür. A lower smelling like cloves. CLOVEN, klo'vn. 103. Part. pret. from Cleave. CLOVEN-FOOTED, kló'vn-fût-êd. CLOSURE, kló'zhůre. s. 452. The act of shut-||CLOVEN-HOOFED, klö'vn-hööft. ting up; that by which any thing is closed or shut; the parts enclosing, enclosure; sion, end. CLOT, klôt. s. Concretion, grume, a. To Having the foot divided into two parts. conclu-CLOVER, klo'vůr. s. A species of trefoil; live in clover, is to live luxuriously. CLOVERED, klö'vůrd. a. 359. Covered with clover. CLOUT, klôåt. s. A cloth for any mean use; a patch on a shoe or coat; anciently the mark of white cloth at which archers shot; an iron plate to an axle-tree. CLOUT, klôůt. v. a. To patch, to mend coarsely; to cover with a cloth; to join awkwardly together. agulated. To CLOT, klót. v. n. To form clots, to hang together; to concrete, to coagulate. CLOTH, klôth. s. 467. Any thing woven for dress or covering; the piece of linen spread upon a table; the canvass on which pictures are delineated; in the plural, dress, habit,||To garment, vesture. Pronounced Kloze. Tổ CLOTHE, klòтне. v. a. 467. To invest with garments, to cover with dress; to adorn with||CLOUTED, klöu'têd. part. a. Congealed, co dress; to furnish or provide with clothes. CLOTHES, klóze. s. Garment, raiment; those coverings of the body that are made of cloth. IF This word is not in Johnson's Vocabulary, though he has taken notice of it under the word || Cloth, and says it is the plural of that word. With great deference to his authority, I think || it is rather derived from the verb to clothe, than from the noun cloth, as this word has its regular || plural cloths, which plural regularly sounds the th as in this, 467, and not as z; which is a corruption, that, in my opinion, is not incurable. I see no reason why we may not as easily pro-CLOWN'S-MUSTARD, klöänz-inåstård. s. An nounce the th in this word as in the third person of the verb To clothe. CLOTHIER, KlÓтнe'yễr. s. 113. A maker of cloth. CLOTHING, klỏтнeîng s. 410. Dress, vesture, garments. CLOUTERLY, klỏů'tůr-lè. a. Clumsy, awkward. herb. To CLOY, klôé, v. a. To satiate, to sate, to sur- CLOYLESS," kidè'lës. a. That which cannot CLOTHSHEARER, klótň'shéèr-år. s. One who CLOYMENT, klôè'mênt.s. Satiety, repletion. trims the cloth. CLOTPOLL, klôt pôle. s. Thickskull, blockhead. Full of clots, concreted. CLUB, klib. s. A heavy stick the name of one —nỏ, môve, nỗr, nốt, tube, tủb, bull ;–ới ;pouri; Phin, THỊ3. fo CLUB, klðb. v. a. To pay a common reckon- || COAGMENTATION, kỏ-âg-mên-tả’shủn. s. Coa ing. cervation into one mass, union CLUBHEADED, klåb’hẻd-ẻd. a. Having a thick COAGULABLE, kò-åg'à-lâ-bl. a. That which is head.. CLUBLAW, klúb’låw. s. The law of arms. CLUBROOM, klub'room. s. The room in which 8 chub or company assembles. *6 CLUCK, klåk. v. n. To call chickens, as a capable of concretion. To COAGULATE, kò-âg'ù-låte. v. a. 91. To To COAGULATE, kò-åg'ù-låte. v. n COAL, kole. s. 295. The common fossil fuel; A mine in which CLUNG, klång. The preterit and participle of Cling. CLUSTER, klus'tur. s. 98. A bunch, a number of things of the same kind growing or joined|| together; a number of arimals gathered together; a body of people collected. To CLUSTER, klåstår. v. n. To grow in bun-COAL-STONE, köle'stone. s. A sort of cannel To COACERV ATE, kò-å-sêr ́våte. v. a. 91, 503, h. ; coal. for digging coals. ment, restraint to a narrow space; contraction of any space; restraint of liberty. gross; inelegant; unaccomplished by educa tion; mean, vile. Every Dictionary but Entick's has the ac-COARSE, korse. a. Not refined; rude, uncivil cent on the penultimate syllable of this word ; and that this is the true accentuation, we may gather from the tendency of the accent to rest rest|| on the same syllable as in the Latin word it is derived from, when the same number of syllables are in both; as in coacervo and coacervate. See ARIETATE. COACERVATION, kỏ-is-ser-và snin. s. The act of heaping. COACH, kotsh. s. A carriage of pleasure, or|| To COACH, kôtsh. v. a. To carry in a coach. COACH-HIRE, kòtsh'hire. s. Money paid for To COACT, kỏ äkt. v. n. To act together in concert. COARSELY, korse'lè. ad. Without fineness, meanly, not elegantly; rudely, not civilly; in elegantly. COARSENESS, korse'nês. s. Impurity, unrefined state; roughness, want of fineness; grossness, want of delicacy; rudeness of manners; meanness, want of nicety. COAST, koste. s. The edge or margin of the land To COAST, kòste. v. n. To sail by the coast. CÔASTER, kòs'tår. s. He that sails timorously near the shore. COAT, kote. s. The upper garment; petticoat, the habit of a boy in his infancy, the lower part of a woman's dress; vesture, as demonstrative COACTION, kò-åk'shûn. 8. Compulsion, force. of the office; the covering of any animal; any COACTIVE, kå-åk'tiv. a. 157 Having the force tegument; that on which the ensigns armorial of restraining or impelling, compulsory; acting are portrayed. in concurrence. To COAT, kote. v. a. To cover, to invest. COADJU MENT, kò-åd'jù-mênt. s. Mutual assist-COAT-CARD, kóte'kård. s. Now corrupted into Court-card. Mason. ance COADJUTANT, kò-åd'jù-tânt. a. Helping, co-To COAX, koks. v. a. To wheedle, to flatter. operation. COAXER, köks'ûr. s. A wheedler, a flatterer. COADJUTOR, kò̟-åd-jú’tår. s. 166. A fellow- COB, kôb. s. The head of a top. helper, an assistant, an associate: in the canon | COB, kôb. s. A sort of sea-fowl. law', one who is empowered to perform the du-COBALT, kobalt. s. A whitish gray brittle metal, ties of aunther. nearly resembling fine hardened steel. It is dif To CORBLE, köb'hl. v. a. ́105. To mend any IF 559.-Fate, får, fåll, fât,-mè, mêt ;-plne, pîn ; shoes; a clumsy workman in general; any|| COCKSWAIN, kôk'sn. 8. The officer that has the command of the cockboat. Corruptly Coxu-See BOATSWAIN. mean person. COBIRONS, kôb'l-urnz. s. Irons with a knob at the upper end. COBISHOP, kò-bish up. s. A coadjutant bishop. COBNUT, kôb'nût. s. A boy's game. COBSWAN, kôb'swôn. s. swan. The head or leading Plants are COBWEB, kôb'web. s. The web or net of a spider; any snare or trap. COCCIFEROUS, kök-sïf'fêr-růs. a. so called that have berries. COCHINEAL kötch'in-éél. s. 165. from which a red colour is extracted. COCHLEARY, kök’lê-á-rè. a. 353. Screwform. COCHLEATED. kók'le-â-têd. a. Of a screwed or turbinated form. An insect || COCK, kok. s. The male to the hen; the male|| To COCK, kôk. v. a. To set erect, to hold bolt To COCK, kôk. v. n. To strut, to hold up the he; to train or use fighting cocks. COCKÁDE, kôk-kåde'. s. A riband worn in the hat. COCKATRICE, kok'å-trise. s. 142. A serpent supposed to rise from a cock's egg. COCKBOAT, kôk'bote. s. A small boat belonging to a ship. COCKBROTH, kôk'brôth. s. Broth made by boiling a cock. COCKCROWING, kôk'krô-ing. s. The time at which cocks crow; early morning. To COCKER, kok'kår. v. a. To fondle, to indulge. COCKER, kôk'kår. s. 9o. One who follows the sport of cockfighting. COCKEREL, kök'kûr-11 s. 555. A A young cock. COCKET, kök'kit. s. 99. A seal belonging to the king's custom-house; likewise a scroll of parchment del vered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants as a warrant that their merchandize is entered. COCKFIGHT, kök'tite. s. A match of cocks, COCKHORSE, kôk'horse. a. On horseback, triumpliant. COCKLE, kôk'k!. s 405 A small shell-fish. COCKLESTAIRS, kök kl-stares. s. Winding or spiral stairs. COCKLE, kök'kl. s. A weed that grows in corn, COCKWEED, kôk’wèèd. 8. A plant, dittander or pepperwort. COCOA, ko'kò. s. A species of palm-tree. CODFISH, kôd'fish. s. A sea fish. COD, kôd. s. Any case or husk in which seeda are lodged. To COD, kôd. v. a. To enclose in a cod. CODE, kôde. s. A book; a book of the civil law CODICIL, kód'è-sil, s, An appendage to a will. CODILLE, kò-dil'. s. A term at ombre and quadrille. To CODLE, kêď'dl. v. a. 405. To parboil. How Dr. Johnson could be guilty of so gross an oversight as to spell this word and its compounds with que d' is inconceivable. By the general rule of English pronunciation, as the word stands here, it ought to be pronounced with the o long, the first syllable rhyming with and so. go, no, False and absurd, however, as this spelling is, the veneration I have for Dr. Johnson's authority forbids me to alter it in this Dictionary, though I shall never follow it in practice. Perhaps the sanie veneration induced Mr. Sheridan to let this word stand as he found it in Johnson. Dr. Kenrick has ventured to insert another d in the verb, but in the substantive, derived from the present participle Codling, lets it stand with one d. Some will be apt to think that when d ends a syllable, and a consonant follows the d, which begins another, that the business is done and that the quantity of the vowel is sufficiently secured but this is a mistake; for unless we previously un derstand the uple, the o in the compound, by the general rule, must be long. Now the first principle of orthography is, that, if possible, the letters should of themselves point out the sound of the word, without the necessity of re curring to etymology to find out the sound of the letters; and that we should never have recourse to etymology, but where fixing the sound would unsettle the sense. Thus Coddling, a kind of apple, ought to be written with double d, both because it determines the sound of the v, and shows its derivation from the verb to Coddle. And Codling, a small cod-fish, ought to have but one d, because putting two, in or der to fix the sound of o, would confound it with another word. To write Sudiler, therefore, with one d, as we frequently see it on shops, is an errour against the first principles of spelling; as, without necessity, it obliges us to understand the derivation of the word before we are sure of its sound. The word Stubling and Stabler, for stable-keeper in Scotland, with the word Fabled in Mahon, all present their true sound to the eye without knowing their primitives, and this essential rule has generated the double consonant in the participles and verbal nouns, beginning, regretted, complotter, &c. But this rule, rational and useful as it is, is a thou sand times violated by an affectation of a know ledge the learned languages, and an ignor ant prejudice against clusters of consonants, as they are called Tims comple, trouble, double, tre ble, and triple, have single consonants, because their ong.bals in Latin and French have no more, though double consonants would fix the sound of the preceding vowels, and be merely double to the eve. CODLING, Kód lng. 8 An apple generally codled; a small cod-fsh COEFFICACY, kő-éï'ïè kâ-sé. s. The power of several things acting together. COEFFICIENCY, kỗ-èf-fish ën-sè s. Co-oper ation, the state of acting together to some singie end. nổ, môve, nỗr, nốt ;—tube, tub, bull ; 3 ;p&and ;thin, THIS. COEFFICIENT, kỏ-êf-fish ent. s. That which | COGENCY, koʻjên-sè. s. Strungth, force. unites its action with the action of another.- COGENT, koʻjent. a. Forcible, resistless, com See EFFACE. COEMPTION, kỏ-êm'shun. s. 412. The act of buying up the whole quantity of any thing. COEQUAL, kó-é'quâl. a. Equal. COEQUALITY, kò-è̟-quôlé-tè. s. The state of being equal. To COERCE, kò-êrse'. v. a. To restrain, to keep in order by force. COERCIBLE, kò-êr'sè-bl. a. That may be re- || strained; that ought to be restrained. COERCION, ko-er'shûn. s. Penal restraint, check. vincing. COGENTLY. kò'jênt-lẻ, ad. With resistless COGGLESTONE, kog gl-stone. s. A little stone To COGITÄTE, ködje'ě-tåte. v. n. 91. To think. COGITATIVE, kôdje'èå-tiv. a. Having the power of thought, given to meditation. COGNATION, kôg-na'shun. s. Kindred, relation, participation of the same nature. Participa-COGNISEE, kog-nè-zéé', or kôu-é-zéè'. s.-See COGNIZANCE. He to whom a fine in lands or tenements is acknowledged. COERCIVE, kò-êr'siv. a. That which has the ko-as-sen-shè-ål'è-tè. Participation of the same essence. COETANEOUS, kò̟-è̟-tà'nè-ås. a. Of the same age with another. COETERNAL, kò̟-è̟-têr'nâl.' a. Equally eternal with another. COETERNALLY, kó-é-têr’näl-lè. ad. In a state of equal eternity with another. COETERNITY, kò̟-è-têr'ně-tè. s. Having exis- COEVAL, kò̟-è'vâl. a. Of the same age. COEXISTE VCE, kò-ég-zis'tênse. s. Existence To COEXTEND, kò-êks-tend'. v. a. 477. To ex- COFFEE-MAN, kôf'fè̟-mân. s. 88. Que that COFFEE-POT, kôf'fè-pôt. s. The covered pot in which coffee is boiled. COFFER, köf'får. s. A chest generally for keeping money: in fortification, a hollow lodgement across a dry moat. I have in this word followed the genes al pronunciation, which I see is confirmed by Dr. Kenrick, W. Johnston, Messrs. Perry, Scott, and Buchanan; for as it stands in Mr. Sheridan with the o long, though not without respectable usage on its side, it is a gross irregularity, which ought, if possible, to be reduced to rule. To COFFER, kôf'får. v. a. To treasure up m chests. COFFERER, kôf'får-år. s. 555. A principal COFFIN, kôf'fin. s. The chest in which dead To COG, kôg. v. n. To lie, to wheedle. COG, kôg. s. The tooth of a wheel, by which it acts upon another wheel. To COG, kôg. v. a. To fix cogs in wheel. COGNISOUR, kig-n-zir, or kôn è-zör, s. 314 CÓGNITIVE, kôg'né-tiv. a. Having the power COGNIZABLE, kôg'ne-za-bl, or kôn'è-zä-bl. a. 405. That falls under judicial notice; proper to be tried, judged, or examined. COGNIZANCE, kôg'ne-zanse, or kön ́é-zänse, s, Judicial notice, trial; a badge, by which any one is known. I have in this word and its relatives given the forensick pronunciation; but cannot help observing, that it is so gross a departure from the most obvious rules of the language, that it is highly incumbent on the gentlemen of the law to renounce it, and reinstate the excluded g in its undoubted rights.-See AUTHORITY ang CLEFF... COGNOMINAL, kog-nom-nål. a. Having the same name. COGNOMINATION, kôg-nom-e-na'shun. s. A To COHABIT, kỏ-háb′ît. v. n. To dwell with COHABITANT. kò håb′é-tânt. s. An inhabitant COHABITATION, ko-hâb-è-ta'shûn. 9. The HEIRESS, kò-àris s. 99. A woman who has 8. That state of bodies in which their parts are joined together, so that they resist separation; connection, dependency, the relation of parts, or things one to another; the texture of a discourse COHERENT. ko-ho-rẻnt. a. Sticking together; consistency in reasoning, or relating. suitable to 8mething else. regularly adopted; consistent, not contradictory. BHESION, hò hét: ủn. 5. The act of sticking together: the state of union: connection, depentienice, OHESIVE, RO-hé'sîv. a 158 428 That has the power of sticking together. To COHIBIT, ko-hibit. v. a. To restrain, to ninder. |