Part 1990

<hw>Clear"-sight`ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Acute discernment.</def>

<h1>Clearstarch</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clear"starch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clearstarched</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clearstraching</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; <as>as, to <ex>clearstarch</ex> muslin</as>.</def>

<h1>Clearstarcher</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clear"starch`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who clearstarches.</def>

<h1>Clearstory, Clerestory</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw><hw>Clear"sto`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Clere"sto`ry</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.</def>

<h1>Clearwing</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Clear"wing`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family \'92geriad\'91, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.</def>

<h1>Cleat</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleat</hw> <tt>(kl\'c7t)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clete</ets> wedge; cf.D. <ets>kloot</ets> ball, Ger. <ets>kloss</ets>, <ets>klotz</ets>, lump. clod, MHG. <ets>kl\'d3z</ets> lump, ball, wedge, OHG. <ets>chl\'d3z</ets> ball, round mass.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.</def>

<h1>Cleat</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To strengthen with a cleat.</def>

<h1>Cleavable</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleav"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of cleaving or being divided.</def>

<h1>Cleavage</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw>Cleav"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of cleaving or splitting.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See <er>Parting</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>Division into lamin\'91, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure.</def>

<cs><col>Basal cleavage</col>, <cd>cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes.</cd> -- <col>Cell cleavage</col> <fld>(Biol.)</fld>, <cd>multiplication of cells by fission. See <er>Segmentation</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cubuc cleavage</col>, <cd>cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube.</cd> -- <col>Diagonal cleavage</col>, <cd>cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane.</cd> -- <col>Egg clavage</col>. <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Segmentation</er>.</cd> -- <col>Lateral cleavage</col>, <cd>cleavage parallel to the lateral planes.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Octahedral</col>, <col>Dodecahedral</col>, <it>or</it> <col>Rhombohedral</col>, <col>cleavage</col></mcol>, <cd>cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron.</cd> -- <col>Prismatic cleavage</col>, <cd>cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.</cd></cs>

<h1><col>Cleave</h1> <Xpage=263>

<hw><col>Cleave</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>v. i. </tt> <wordforms><mark>[.. Cleaved</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <er>Clave</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <mark>(Obs.)</mark>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Cleaved</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cleaving</er>.]</mark></mark> <ety>[OE. <ets>cleovien<ets>, <ets>clivien<ets>, <ets>cliven<ets>, AS. <ets>cleofian<ets>, <ets>clifian<ets>; akin to OS. <ets>klib\'d3n<ets>, G. <ets>kleben<ets>, LG. <ets>kliven<ets>, D. <ets>kleven<ets>, Dan. <ets>kl\'91be<ets>, Sw. <ets>klibba<ets>, and also to G. <ets>kleiben<ets> to cleve, paste, Icel. <ets>kl\'c6fa<ets> to climb. Cf. <er>Climb</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>My bones <b>cleave</b> to my skin. <i>Ps. cii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The diseases of Egypt . . . shall <b>cleave</b> unto thee. <i>Deut. xxviii. 60.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sophistry <b>cleaves</b> close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.</def>