Part 2000

<h1>Clientage</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli"ent*age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>State of being client.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A body of clients.</def>

<i>E. Everett.</i>

<h1>Cliental</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli*en"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a client.</def>

<blockquote>A dependent and <b>cliental</b> relation. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I sat down in the <b>cliental</b> chair. <i>Dickens.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cliented</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli"ent*ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Supplied with clients.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The least <b>cliented</b> pettifiggers. <i>R. Carew.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clientelage</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli*en"te*lage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Clientele</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<h1>Clientele</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli`en*tele"</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clientela</ets>: cf. F. <ets>client\'8ale</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition or position of a client; clientship</def>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Hall.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; <as>as, the <ex>clientele</ex> of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Clientship</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli"ent*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Cliff</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cliff</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>clif</ets>, <ets>cloef</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>klif</ets>, D. <ets>klif</ets>, <ets>klip</ets>, Icel. <ets>klif</ets>, Dan. & G. <ets>klippe</ets>, Sw. <ets>klippa</ets>; perh. orig. <ets>a climbing place</ets>. See <er>Climb</er>.]</ety> <def>A high, steep rock; a precipice.</def>

<cs><col>Cliff swallow</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a North American swallow (<spn>Petrochelidon lunifrons</spn>), which builds its nest against cliffs; the <i>eaves swallow<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cliff</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cliff</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Clef</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cliff limestone</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cliff" lime"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.</def>