Clap () The nether part of the beak of a hawk.

Clap () Gonorrhea.

Clapboard () A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.

Clapboard () A stave for a cask.

Clapboard () To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.

Clapbread () Alt. of Clapcake

Clapcake () Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.

Clape () A bird; the flicker.

Clapper () A person who claps.

Clapper () That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell.

Clapper () A rabbit burrow.

Clapperclaw () To fight and scratch.

Clapperclaw () To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Claps () Variant of Clasp

Claptrap () A contrivance for clapping in theaters.

Claptrap () A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

Claptrap () Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

Claque () A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

Claqueur () One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

Clare () A nun of the order of St. Clare.

Clarence () A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

Clarenceux () Alt. of Clarencieux

Clarencieux () See King-at-arms.

Clarendon () A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

Clare-obscure () See Chiaroscuro.

Claret () The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.

Claribella () A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

Clarichord () A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

Clarification () The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

Clarification () The act of freeing from obscurities.

Clarifier () That which clarifies.

Clarifier () A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.

Clarified () of Clarify

Clarifying () of Clarify

Clarify () To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.

Clarify () To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

Clarify () To glorify.

Clarify () To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

Clarify () To grow clear or bright; to clear up.

Clarigate () To declare war with certain ceremonies.

Clarinet () A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.

Clarino () A reed stop in an organ.

Clarion () A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.

Clarionet () See Clarinet.

Clarisonus () Having a clear sound.

Claritude () Clearness; splendor.

Clarity () Clearness; brightness; splendor.

Claro-obscuro () See Chiaroscuro.

Clarre () Wine with a mixture of honey and species.

Clart () To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc.

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