Part 1974

<cs><col>Clary water</col>, <cd>a composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clashed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clashing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Of imitative origin; cf. G. <ets>klatschen</ets>, Prov. G. <ets>kleschen</ets>, D. <ets>kletsen</ets>, Dan. <ets>klaske</ets>, E. <ets>clack</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.</def>

<blockquote>However some of his interests might <b>clash</b> with those of the chief adjacent colony. <i>Palfrey.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clash</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strike noisily against or together.</def>

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<hw>Clash</hw> <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.</def>

<blockquote>The roll of cannon and <b>clash</b> of arms. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.</def>

<blockquote><b>Clashes</b> between popes and kings. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Clash"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With clashing.</def>

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<hw>Clasp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clasped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clasping</er>]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>claspen</ets>, <ets>clapsen</ets>, prob. akin to E. <ets>clap</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To surround and cling to; to entwine about.</def> "<i>Clasping</i> ivy."

<i>Milton.</i>

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<hw>Clasp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand.</def>

<cs><col>Clasp knife</col>, <cd>a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle.</cd> -- <col>Clasp lock</col>, <cd>a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Clasp"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril.</def> "The <i>claspers</i> of vines."

<i>Derham.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Chim\'91ra</er>.</def>

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