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<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Falconry)</fld> <def>The nether part of the beak of a hawk.</def>

<cs><col>Clap dish</col>. <cd>See <cref>Clack dish</cref>, under <er>Clack</er>, <tt>n.</tt></cd> -- <col>Clap net</col>, <cd>a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clap</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OF. <ets>clapoir</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gonorrhea.</def>

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<hw>Clap"board</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A stave for a cask.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Clap"board</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cover with clapboards; <as>as, to <ex>clapboard</ex> the sides of a house</as>.</def> <mark>[U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

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<hw><hw>Clap"bread`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Clap"cake`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

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<hw>Clape</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A bird; the flicker.</def>

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<hw>Clap"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person who claps.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Bell</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Clapper rail</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an Americam species of rail (<spn>Rallus scepitans</spn>).</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clap"per</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>clapier</ets>.]</ety> <def>A rabbit burrow.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Clapperclaw</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clap"per*claw</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Clap</ets> + <ets>claw</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To fight and scratch.</def>

<i>C. Smart.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.</def>

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