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{ Cla"vate (?), Cla"va*ted (?), } a. [L. clava club.] (Bot. & Zo÷l.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of Antennae.]

Clave (?), imp. of Cleave. [Obs.]

Clav"e*cin (?), n. [F.] The harpsichord.

Cla"vel (?), n. See Clevis.

Clav"el*late (?), a. See Clavate.

Clav"el*la`ted (?), a. [Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior sort of soda, E. clavate.] (Old Chem.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

Clav"er (?), n. [Obs.] See Clover. Holland.

Clav"er, n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.]

Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

Clav"i*chord (?), n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string.] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

Clav"i*cle (?), n. [F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef.] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter &?;, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone.

Clav"i*corn (?), a. [Cf. F. clavicorne.] (Zo÷l.) Having club-shaped antennŠ. See AntennŠ -- n. One of the Clavicornes.

||Clav`i*cor"nes (?), n. pl. [NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn.] (Zo÷l.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennŠ.

Cla*vic"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. claviculaire. See Clavicle.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Cla"vi*er (? F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. clavis key.] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

&fist; Clavier (&?;) is the German name for a pianoforte.

Clav"i*form (?), a. [L. clava club + -form.] (Bot.) Club- shaped; clavate. Craig.

||Clav"i*ger (?), n. [L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry.] One who carries the keys of any place.

||Clav"i*ger, n. [L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry.] One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Cla*vig"er*ous (?), a. Bearing a club or a key.

||Cla"vis (?), n.; pl. L. Claves (#), E. Clavises (#). [L.] A key; a glossary.

||Cla"vus (?), n. [L., a nail.] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

Cla"vy (?), n.; pl. Clavies (#). [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.

Claw (kl&add;), n. [AS. clawu, clā, cleˇ; akin to D. klaauw, G. klaue, Icel. klō, Sw. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.] 1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray.

Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.