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Show &Li CLOUD n. [The derivation is no known. Minfbeww detives it from clauds 10 fl}\ut; Somuer from clod; Cafaubon fro evivg, darknels ; Skinner from Aladde 1 Dutch a {pot. 'The dark colle@ion of vapours in th ry ar Now are the c/ouds, that lower'd upon our houfe In the deep bofom of the occan buried Shakefp. Richard II1 Asa m.u't 1s 3 multitude of fmall but folid glob‘ulas,. which therefore defcend; fo a vapour, an thereiorea watery clond, is nothing elfe but a con8erics of ver fmall and cencav globules whic therefore afcend, to that height in which they ar of equal weight with the airy, where they remai fufpended, till, by fome motion in the air, bein broken, t.hcy defcend in folid drops; cither fmall as in a mift; or bigger, when many of them ru toge',:ne';‘, as in rain Grew's Cofmologia J Clouds are the greateft and moft confiderable o all the meteors, as furnifhing water and plenty t the earth \'t.'-xtcr :m_ The ar confift of very fmall drops o elevate a good diftanc above th iurface of the earth; for a clowd is nothing but miit flying high in the air, as a mift is nothin but a cloud here below Locke How vapours, tuin'd to clouds, obfcure the fky And clouds, difloly'd, the thirfty ground fupply Rofcommon The dawn is overcaft, the morning low'rs 2 And heavily in cluds brings on the day. Addifen The veins, marks or other bodies or ftains, in flone 3. Any flate of obfcurity or darknefs 4. Any thing that {preads wide; as a crowd a multitude The objeétion comes to no more than this, that amongft a cloud of witnefles, there was one of n very good reputation Atterbury 7o CLoup. @. a. [from the noun. 1. To darken with clouds; to cover wit 2. To make of fullen an pearance. gloom ap Be not difhearten'd then, nor czd thofe looks "That wont to be more cheerful and ferene. Milton What fullen fury clouds his fcornful brow! Pope 3. To obfcure ; to make lefs evident If men would not exhale vapour darke to cloud an the cleareft truths, no man could mifs hi way to heaven for want of light Decay of Plety 4. To variegate with dark veins Pope Made of the clonded vlive's eafy grain 7o Croub. v, n. To grow cloudy; to gro dark with clouds CLo'uDBERRY. n. /. [from cloud and berThe name of a plant called alfo Znotberry Miller Cro'upcarr. adj. [from clond and cap. Topped with clouds ; touching the clouds The cloudcapt towers, the gorgeous palaces The folemn temples, the great globe itielf Yea, all which it inherits, {hall diffolve. Shake/p CrLoupecoMPE LLING.adj. [ Aword form ed in imitation of vapernyéeerne, ill underftood.] An epithet of Jupiter, by who clouds were fuppofed to be colleed Health to both Fings, attended with a roa Of cannons, eccho'd {rom th' aftrighted fhore With loud refemblance of his thunder, prov Bacchu the feed of cloudcompelling Jove Supplicating mov TThy juft complaint to cleudcompelling Jove Cro'upiNgss. 7 /i [from clondy. 1. The ftate of being covered with clouds darknefs You have fuch a February face Shakefp So full of froft, of ftorm, and cloudinefc The fituation of this iftand expofes it to a continual clowdinefs, which in the fummer readers th air colder, and in the winter warm clean.sh data import.tsv out README . Harwey onCorfumptions 2. Want 'of brightnefs I'faw a cloudy Hungarian diamond made cleare by lying in a cold liguor; wherein, he affirme that upon keeping it longer, the itone would lo Boyle more of its cloudinefs CLo'ubLEss. adj. [from clond.] Withou clouds ; clear; unclouded; bright; Iuminous ; lightfome ; pure; undarkened This Partridge foon fhall view in cloudlefs fkies When next he looks through Galilzo's eyes. Pope How many fuch there muft be in the vaft exten of fpace, a naked eye in 2 c/ondlefs night may giv Cheyrie us fome faint glimpfe Cro'ubv. adj. [from cloxd. 1. Covered with clouds ; obfcured wit clouds ; confifting of clouds Ewxodus obfcure ; not intelligible If you content yourfelf frequently with words inftead of ideas, or with c/oudy and confufed notions of things, how impenetrable will that dark " Watts on the Mind nefs be 3. Gloomy of look ; not open, nor cheerful So'my ftorm-beaten heart likewife is cheer' With that fun-fhine, when c/owdy looks are clear'd Spenfer Witnefs my fon, now in the fhade of death Whofe bright outthining beams thy cloudy wrat Hath in eternal darknefs folded up Shakefpcare 4. Marked with {pots or veins 5. Not bright, wanting luftre Boyle CrLovE. 7. /. [the preterite of clegve.] Se 79 CLEAVE Gyon's angry blade fo fierce did pla On th' othe:'s helmet, which as Titan fhone That quite it c/owe his plumed creft in tway Waller Dryd CLOVE. #. f. [clou, Fr. a nail, from th fimilitude of a clove to a nail. 1. A valuable fpice brought from Ternat in the Eaft Indies It is the fruit o feed of a very large tree Clove feems to be the rudiment or beginning o a fruit growing upon clove-trees Brown's Vulgar Errours the part when th this fenf preterite o into which garlic outer fkin is tor it is derived fro cleawve. >T'is mortal fin an onion todevour Each clswe of garlick is a facred power. Tate's Fuw CLOVE-GILLYFLOWER fmelling like clowes. thefe flowers have dlways a white gm‘mg ‘Imim fpotted with fcarlet, red, purple, or other com The fourth are called painted ladies« tbefeh t eir petals of a red or purple colouy on the N per fide, and are whitz underneath, Qf e"fi"g thefe claffes there are numerous varieties T true clove-gillyflower has been long in ufe fi;r mk ing a cordial fyrup. There are two of three,,va. ricties commonly brought to the markets vihicl differ greatly in goodnefs ; fome having v;ry littl fcent, when compared with the true fort, Milley Cro'ven. part. pret. [from cleave.] §e 70 CLEAVE There is Aufidius, lift you what work h Among your coven army m Sbakem The cleven oaks and lofty pines do lie A chap-fallen beaver, loofely hanging'b Tke cloven helm, and arch of vitory Wy Dryd CLO'VEN~FOOTED. ) adj. [cloven and fuor CLO'VEN-HOOFED. § 0r hogfl] Havin the foot divided into two parts; not round hoof ; bifulcous There are the bifulcous or cloven-boofed; asca mels and beavers Brown's Vilgar Errours The cloven-footed fiend is banifh'd from us Dryden both whole an Great variety of water-fowl cloven-footed, frequent the waters. Ray on the Crea CLO'VER. n. f. [more properl Cro'vEr-Grass. § cdaver; clepen, Sax 1. A fpecies of trefoil The even mead, that erft brought fweetly fort The freckled cowflip, burnet, and green clower Shakefpeare Nature fhall provid Green grafs and fatt'ning clover for their fare Clower improves land, by the great quantity o Mortimer's Hufbandry cattle it maintains ‘ My Blouzelinda is the blithe® lafs Than primrofe fweeter, or the clover-grafs 2. To live iz CLOVER Gay is to live luxuri oufly; clover being extremely deliciou and fattening to cattle Well, Laureat, was the night in clover fpent ( I faw a cloudy diarmond 2. Some o {eparates off, [I clove, th ealle The third are p Now heap'd hig Fairy Queen The handle fmooth and plain 7y 3 chamamoras. four different colours Some had rather have good difcipline defivere plainly, by way of precepts, than cloudily enwrappe Sperfer in a legories He was commanded to write fo cloudily by CorDryden nutus 2. Dark The fecond have flowers firiped or va,riégaéeg' with tfil;,‘g; pillar defcended, and food at the door Their rage, ill govern'd, in the clouds is loft. Waller How can T fee the brave and youn Fail in the cloud of war, and fall unfung? Addifon clouds; to obfcure through the leaves Cro'uprLy. adv. [from cloady. 1. With clouds; darkly z. Obfcurely ; not perfpicuouily As Mofes entered into the tabernacle, the elsud T.ho‘ poets may of infpiration boaft CL €CL ‘[from it 7. / This genus may be divided into three claffes 1. The clove-gillyflower, or carnation 2. Th The carnation 4. The fweet William pink or clove-gillyflower, are diftinguithed into fou claffes. The firft, called flakes, having two co lowrs only, and their firipes large, going quit Cro'verED. adj. [from clover.] Covere with clover Flocks thick-nibbling thro® the c/ower'd vale horfot CrovcHu # / [clough, Saxon. Th cleft of a hill ; acliff. In compofition a hilly place alA . c e m c [I 7 CrovcH dr hu r ev i nd po tw o lowanc tha le fc th o tu th fo h wei the commodity may hold out weigh when fold by retail CLOUT. #. /. [clre, Saxon. 1. A cloth for any mean ufe His garment nought but many ragged clout j ;s ds ch Pa an n' pi e et to rn th Wi A clout upon that head ‘Where late the diadem floodl Shakefpeare In pow'r of fpittle and a clout Whene'er he pleafe, to blot i't out Swvift 2. A patch on a fhoe or coat a t cl t wh o r m th tl ie 3. An which archers fhot He drew a good bow5 he fhot . Shak would have clapt in thec a a 4+ Aniron plate to kee wearing 26 - |