Part 1967

<blockquote>The whole <b>clan</b> of the enlightened among us. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clancular</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clancularius</ets> , from <ets>clanculum</ets> secretly, adv. dim. of <ets>clam</ets> secretly.]</ety> <def>Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Not close and <b>clancular</b>, but frank and open. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clancularly</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan"cu*lar*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>privately; secretly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Clandestine</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan*des"tine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clandestinus</ets>, fr. <ets>clam</ets> secretly; akin to <ets>celare</ets>, E. <ets>conceal</ets>: cf. F. <ets>clandestin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; <as>as, a <ex>clandestine</ex> marriage</as>.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Clan*des"tine*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Clan*des"tine*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Clandestinity</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan`des*tin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Privacy or secrecy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Clang</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clanged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clanging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>clangere</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/ to clash, scream; or perh. to E. <ets>clank</ets>.]</ety> <def>To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.</def>

<blockquote>The fierce Caretes . . . <b>clanged</b> their sounding arms. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clang</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clang</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To give out a clang; to resound.</def> "<tt>Clanging </tt>hoofs."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<h1>Clang</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clang</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.</def>

<blockquote>The broadsword's deadly <b>clang</b>, As if a thousand anvils rang. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>Qualyty of tone.</def>

<h1>Clangor</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan"gor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>clangere</ets>. See <er>Clang</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A sharp, harsh, ringing sound.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Clangorous</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clan"gor*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>clangorosus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.</def>