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Ciz"ar (?), v. i. [From Cizars.] To clip with scissors. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Ciz"ars (?), n. pl. Scissors. [Obs.] Swift.

Cize (?), n. Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size.

Clab"ber (?), n. [See Bonnyclabber] Milk curdled so as to become thick.

Clab"ber, v. i. To become clabber; to lopper.

Clach"an (?), n. [Scot., fr. Gael.] A small village containing a church. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott

Sitting at the clachon alehouse. R. L. Stevenson.

Clack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clacked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clacking.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. F. claquer to clap, crack, D. klakken, MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make a noise, ring. Cf. Clack, n., Clatter, Click.] 1. 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.

We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.

2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.

Clack (?), v. t. 1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham.

To clack wool, to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]

Clack, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See Clack, v. t.] 1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.

2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.

Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. South.

Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. -- Clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak.

Clack door (Mining), removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. -- Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

Clack"er (?), n. 1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

2. A claqueur. See Claqueur.

Clad (?), v. t. To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.

Clad, imp. & p. p. of Clothe.

||Cla*doc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a sprout + &?; a horn.] (Zo÷l.) An order of the Entomostraca.

&fist; They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of antenŠ, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water.

Clad"o*phyll (?), n. [Gr. &?; a sprout + &?; a leaf.] (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Clag"gy (?), a. [Cf. Clog.] Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

Claik (?), n. See Clake.