Chapter Close-banded to Cloud of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1.

6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.

Cloud on a(or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. — To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. — In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.

Cloud
(Cloud) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.]

1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

One day too late, I fear me, noble lord,
Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth.
Shak.

Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks.
Milton.

Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice.
M. Arnold.

3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; — esp. used of reputation or character.

I would not be a stander-by to hear
My sovereign mistress clouded so, without
My present vengeance taken.
Shak.

4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

And the nice conduct of a clouded cane.
Pope.

Cloud
(Cloud), v. i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; — often used with up.

Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud.
Shak.