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<h1>Clause</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clause</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>clause</ets>, LL. <ets>clausa</ets>, equiv. to L. <ets>clausula</ets> clause, prop., close of <?/ rhetorical period, close, fr. <ets>claudere</ets> to shut, to end. See <er>Close</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.</def>

<blockquote>The usual attestation <b>clause</b> to a will. <i>Bouvier.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.</def>

<h1>Clause</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clause</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> See <cref>Letters clause &or; close</cref>, under <er>Letter</er>.</def>

<h1>Claustral</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claus"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. LL. <ets>claustralis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>claustrum</ets>. See <er>Cloister</er>.]</ety> <def>Cloistral.</def>

<i>Ayliffe</i>

<h1>Claustrum</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Claus"trum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Claustra</plw>.</plu> <ety>[L., a bolt or bar.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Claus"tral</wf>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Clausular</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clau"su*lar</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>clausula</ets>. See <er>Clause</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or having, clauses.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Clausure</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clau"sure</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clausura</ets>. See <er>Closure</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of shutting up or confining; confinement.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Geddes.</i>

<h1>Clavate, Clavated</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw><hw>Cla"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cla"va*ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clava</ets> club.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Antennae</er>.]</note></def>

<h1>Clave</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clave</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>imp.</tt> of <er>Cleave</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Clavecin</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clav"e*cin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The harpsichord.</def>

<h1>Clavel</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cla"vel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Clevis</er>.</def>

<h1>Clavellate</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clav"el*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Clavate</er>.</def>

<h1>Clavellated</h1> <Xpage=263>