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Show 1 ¥ CLouT, w. & [from the noun. = liberations 1 thought he flept, and pu f n d r o w t fe m of o f u o b ut My cl Shakefpeare The dull fwai Treads on it daily with his clowred thoon Milten 2. To cover with a cloth Milk fome unhappy ewe Spenfer Whofe clouted leg her hurt doth fhew g To join awkwardl ther or coarfely toge fore, he fometimes c/oys his reader inftead of fa Dyyden tistfying them Whofe little ftore her well taught mind doe CLo UTED. participial adj. Congealed coagulated : corruptly ufed for closted n dip drinking, inftead o And prefs from {pongy curds the milky fiream. Gay CLOo'UTERLY. adj. [probably by corrup‘tion from Jouterly.] Clumfy s awkward as, a clouterly fellow The fingle wheel plough is a very eloutetly fort Mortimer's Hufbandry CLOWN. 7. /. [imagined by Stinner an Funius to be contratted from colonus, I feems rather a Saxon word, corrupte a word nearly o from Jowwn3 loen, Dut the fame import. g. A ruftick ; a country fellow ; a churl He came with all his clozwns, horfed upon cart Sidney Jjades The clozwns, a boift'rous, rude, ungovern'd crew With farious hafte to the loud fummons flew Dryden ¢. A coarfe, ill-bred man In youth a coxcomb, and in age a cloton. Spect A country {quire, reprefented with no other vic but that of beihg a clowws, and having the provin-Sawift cial accent CLo'wNERY n [ [fro clown TII breeding ; churlifhnefs; rudenefs ; brutality The fool's .conceit had both clszvmery and illL'Efrange nature CLo'WNIsH. adj. [from clown. s. Confifting of rufticks or clowns Young Silvia beats her breaft, and cries alou For fuccour from the clowonijb neighbourhood Dryden 2. Coarfe ; rough ; rugged But with his clewnifb hands their tender wing He brufheth oft Spenfer's Fairy Queen Intemperance in eating an delighting and fatisfying nature, doth but load an cloy it Tillotfon Settle, cloy'd with cuftard and with praife Is gather'd to the dull of ancient days Pope 2. It feems to have, in the following paffage, another fenfe : perhaps to ftrik the beak together His royal bir Prunes the immortal wing, and cloys his beak As when his god i3 pleas'd Shakfpeare 3. To nail up guns, by friking a {pik into the touch-hole CrLo'yLESS. adj. [from cloy.] That o which too much cannot be had; tha which cannot caufe fatiety Epicurean cook Sharpen with c/oylefs fauce his appetite Cro'yMENT. 7 /. [from c/zgy. repletion beyond appetite Satiety He firove his combred c/xb to qui Spenfer's Fairy Queen Out of the carth As he pulled oft his helmet, a butcher flew hi with the ftroke of a c/ub Haywvard Arm'd with a knotty c/zb another came. Dryd 2. The name of one of the {uits of cards The clubs black tyrant firft her viGtim died Spite of his haughty mien and barb'rous pride The fhot or dividen ‘I'he owl, the raven, and the bat Clubb'd for a feather to his hat 7o CLuB. @.a reckoning Pope Stinzer. of a reckoning T King Saift pay to a commo Plums and dire€tors, Shylock and his wife Will ¢/ub their tefters now to take your life. Pope Fibres being diftin€t, and impregnated by diftinét fpirits, how fhould they c/ub their particula informations into a comme idea Collier on Thought head. an CrusuEADED. adj. [clu Having a thick head Small c/ubbeadcd anterinze Derbam Crusra'w. n [ [club and law. Regula tion by force ; the law of arms The enemies of our happy eftablifhment feem t have recourfe to the laudable method of c/ublazv when they find all other means for enforcing th abfurdity of their opinions to be incffetual Addifon's Freebolde Cru'BrooM. 7, /. [club and room.] Th room in which a club or company af{fembles ‘T'hefe ladies refolved to give the pitures o their deceafed hufbands to the c/ubroom Addifon's Spectator 7o Cruck. v. n. [cloccian, Welth; clochat Armorick; cloccan, Sax.; #locken, Dut. To call chickens, as a hen She, poor hen, fond of no fecond brood Has cluck'd thee to the wars thoug Ducklings CLUB. #. /. [from cJwppa, Welth 5 Fuppel Dutch. 1. A heavy ftick ; a flaff intended for offence to divide To make that gentle viand, fyllabub Shakefp Alas ! their love may be call'd appetite No motion of the liver, but the palate That fuffers furfeit, cloyment, and revolt., Shakefp 3. [From cleopan Let fugar, wine, and cream together c/ub brings the hatche Shake[p. Coriolanys a hen b if fh in they go, thoug to a river th hen ¢/ucks and calls to keep them out Ray ou the Creation Crume. . /. [formed from Jump. 1. A fhapelefs piece of wood, or othe matter, nearly equal in its dimenfions 2. clufte of trees a tuft of tree thrubs : anciently a plump Crumps z. / Cru'MsiLy A numbfcull adv o Skinner [from clumfy. Awk wardly; without readinefs ; without nim blenefs; without grace He walks very clumfily and ridiculoufly Ray on the Creation This lofty humour is c/umfily and inartificiall managed, when affeéed Collier on Pride Cru'msiness z [ [from clumfy. Awk in juft propor wardnefs ; ungainlinefs ; want of readinefs, nimbleuefs, or dexterity The clownifb fool out of your father's court Shakefpeare A fuddling couple fold ale: their humour wa to drink drunk, upon their own liguor: they lai down their ¢/ub, and this they called forcing The drudging part of life Is chiefly owing t clumfinefs and ignorance, which either wants prope With a grave look, in this odd equipage The clownifh mimick traverfes the ftage. - Prior trade 3. Uncivil§ ill-bred; ill-mannered The very creed of Athanafius, and that facre hymn of glory, are reckoned as fuperfluities, whic we muft in any cafe pare away, left we c/oy Go with too much fervice Hooker Who can cloy the hungry edge of appetit By bare imagination of a feaft Shakefpeare Continually varying the fame fenfe, and takin up what he had more than enough inculcated be pleafe Nor pinch'd with want, nor c/oy'd witli wanton eafe T've feen her fkim the clouted cream Sidney fantaiof onsimeasinglolediod \gflt ;;'ag: th ::_/I CL rocles, though he were very impatient of long de 1. To patch ; to mend coarfely Anfwer'd my fteps too loud CL What if we effay'd to ftea 4. Clumfy ; ungainly Cro'wNisHLY. adv [fro Coarfely ; rudely ; brutally cownifb. paid by th tions compan L'Eftrange 2. Incivility ; brutality Crown's MusTarD. 7 /i Anherb. Dig 7o CLOY. @. a. [enclower, Fr. to nail up to ftop up. 1. To fatiate ; to fate ; to fill beyond defire ; to furfeit ; to fill to loathing The length of thofe fpeeches had not c/syed Py Yor, I - [This word omitted i In Enghth, lump, clump, lumpifh, elumpAwkifb, clumpifbly, clumfily, clumfy. ward; heavy ; artlefs ; unhandy ; with Hudibras Locke adj What right has any man to meet in facou clubs to vility the government ? Dryd. Medal. Ded Even his Dorick diale€t has an incomparabl fweetnefs in its clownifbnefs Dryden clownifbnefs CLUMSY Collier on Fame the other etymologifts, is rightly derive by Bailey from lompfch, Dutch, ftupid 5. Concurrence; contribution ; joint charge off that plainnefs which the 3-la-mode people cal or {kill to ufe them meetin 4. An aflembly of good fellows under certain conditions CrLo'wNIsHNESS. 7. /. [from clownifh. §. Rufticity; coarfenefs ; unpolithed rudenefs If the boy fhould not make legs very gracetully 2 dancing mafter will cure that defect, and wip tools He 's bound to vouch them for his own Tho' got b' implicite generation And general ¢/ub of all the nation 70 CLus. @. 7 [from the noun. 1. To contribute to a common expenc in fettled proportions 2. To join to one effe@; to contribute feparate powers to one end Till grofler atoms, tumbling in the ffrea Of fancy, madly met; and ¢/ub5'd into a dream Dryden Every part of the body feems to ¢/xb and contribut to the feed elfe why fhould parents, bor blind or deaf; fometimes generate children with th fame imperfections Ray out dexterity, readinefs, or grace. It i ufed either of perfons, or a&ions, o things Th matter duétile and fequacious, apt to b moulded into fuch fhapes and machines, even b clumfy fingers Ray But thou in clumfy verfe, unlick'd, unpointed Haft thamefully defy'd That ckumfy outfide of a porter How could it thus conceal a courtier Crunc Diryden Savift The preterite and participle o c/t'zzg CLuNG. adj. [clungu, Sax.] Wafted wit leannefs ; fhrunk up with cold U T |