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2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

Click, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Click, n. [Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

Click" bee"tle (?). (Zo÷l.) See Elater.

Click"er (?), n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Click"et (?), n. [OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click.] 1. The knocker of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A latch key. [Eng.] Chaucer.

Click"y (?), a. Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." The Century.

||Cli*das"tes (?), n. [NL., prob. from Gr. klei`s key.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

Cli"en*cy (?), n. State of being a client.

Cli"ent (?), n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. &?; to hear, Skr. šry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

2. A dependent; one under the protection of another.

I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson.

3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Cli"ent*age (?), n. 1. State of being client.

2. A body of clients. E. Everett.

Cli*en"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a client.

A dependent and cliental relation. Burke.

I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Cli"ent*ed (?), a. Supplied with clients. [R.]

The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew.

Cli*en"te*lage (?), n. See Clientele, n., 2.

Cli`en*tele" (? or ?), n. [L. clientela: cf. F. clientŔle.] 1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Cli"ent*ship (?), n. Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.