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Clack: Definition and part of speech

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Clack

  1. v. t. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
  2. n. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.
  3. n. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.
  4. v. t. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.
  5. v. t. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately.
  6. v. t. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.
  7. v. t. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Clacker: Definition and part of speech

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Clacker

  1. n. A claqueur. See Claqueur.
  2. n. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cladophyll: Definition and part of speech

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Cladophyll

  1. n. A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Civilize: Definition and part of speech

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Civilize

  1. v. t. To admit as suitable to a civilized state.
  2. v. t. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.