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C — Clashing to Clog (Part 9 of 10)

Clink, v. a. Ring, jingle, chink.

Clink, n. Ring, jingle, chink, tinkle.

Clinker, n.

    1. Hard-burnt brick, Dutch brick, Flemish brick.
    2. Scoria, slag, incombustible refuse (of furnaces).

Clip, v. a.

    1. Cut.
    2. Prune, trim, pare, curtail, cut short.

Clip, n.

    1. Shearing, cutting.
    2. Quantity sheared (as of wool), season’s shearing.
    3. (Colloq.) Blow (with the hand), rap, knock, lick, whack, thwack, thump.
    4. Spring-clasp, spring-holder, letter-clip.

Clique, n. [Fr.] [Generally used in a bad sense.] Coterie, club, brotherhood, sodality, clan, junto, cabal, camarilla, party, gang, set, ring, private or exclusive association.

Cloak, n.

    1. Mantle.
    2. Mask, veil, cover, blind, pretext.

Cloak, v. a. Mask, hide, veil, cover.

Cloak, n.

    1. Timekeeper, timepiece, horologe.
    2. Beetle, scarab, scarabee, scarabæus, coleopter.
    3. Embroidery (on stockings), broidery, embroidered figure.