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<p><b>2.</b> <def>To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.</def>

<blockquote>I see thou dost but <b>clatter</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Clat"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make a rattling noise with.</def>

<blockquote>You <b>clatter</b> still your brazen kettle. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

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

<hw>Clat"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.</def>

<blockquote>The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with <b>clatter</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Commotion; disturbance. "Those mighty feats which made such a <i>clatter</i> in story."<-- sic. = history?--></def>

<i>Barrow.</i>

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<p><b>3.</b> <def>Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter.</def> "Hold still thy <i>clatter</i>."

<i>Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).</i>

<blockquote>Throw by your <b>clatter</b> And handle the matter. <i>B. Jonson</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clatterer</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clat"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who clatters.</def>

<h1>Clatteringly</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clat"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With clattering.</def>

<h1>Claude Lorraine glass</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claude" Lor*raine" glass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by <ets>Claude Lorrain</ets> (often written <ets>Lorraine</ets>).]</ety> <def>A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.</def>

<h1>Claudent</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clau"dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>claudens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>claudere</ets> to shut.]</ety> <def>Shutting; confining; drawing together; <as>as, a <ex>claudent</ex> muscle</as>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Jonson</i>

<h1>Claudicant</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clau"di*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>claudicans</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>claudicare</ets> to limp, fr. <ets>claudus</ets> lame.]</ety> <def>Limping.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Claudication</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clau`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>claudicatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A halting or limping.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Tatler.</i>