Part 1977

<cs><col>Artificial classification</col>. <fld>(Science)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Artifitial</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Classificatory</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*fi*ca`to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.</def> "A <i>classificatory</i> system."

<i>Earle.</i>

<h1>Classifier</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*fi`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who classifies.</def>

<h1>Classify</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"si*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & pp.</tt> <er>Classified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Classifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>classis</ets> class + <?/]</ety> <def>To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To arrange; distibute; rank.</syn>

<h1>Classis</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Classes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. See <er>Class</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A class or order; sort; kind.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>His opinion of that <b>classis</b> of men. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl.)</fld> <def>An ecclesiastical body or judicat<?/ry in certain churches, as the Reformed Dutch. It is intermediate between the consistory and the synod, and corresponds to the presbutery in the Presbuterian church.</def>

<h1>Classman</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Class"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Classmen</plw><tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A member of a class; a classmate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified.</def> <mark>[Oxford, Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Classmate</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Class"mate`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.</def>

<h1>Clastic</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ br<?/, fr. <?/ to break.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to what may be taken apart; <as>as, <ex>clastic</ex> anatomy (of models)</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Fragmental; made up of brok<?/ fragments; <as>as, sandstone is a <ex>clastic</ex> rock</as>.</def>

<h1>Clathrate</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clath"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clathri</ets> latti<?/e, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a lattice; cancellate.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.</def>

<h1>Clatter</h1> <Xpage=261>

<hw>Clat"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clattered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clattering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>cla<?/rung</ets> a rattle, akin to D. <ets>klateren</ets> to rattle. Cf. <er>Clack</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.</def>

<blockquote><b>Clattering</b> loud with clamk. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>