Part 2007

<h1>Clinometer</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli*nom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to incline + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level.</def>

<i>Dana.</i>

<h1>Clinometric</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clin`o*met"ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; <as>as, the <ex>clinometric</ex> systems</as>.</def>

<h1>Clinometry</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli*nom"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(geol.)</fld> <def>That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.</def>

<h1>Clinopinacoid</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli`no*pin"a*coid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to incline + E. <ets>pinacoid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.</def>

<h1>Clinorhombic</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli`no*rhom"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ to incline + E. <ets>rhombic</ets>: cf. F. <ets>clinorhombique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Crystallog.)</fld> <def>Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.</def>

<h1>Clinquant</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clin"quant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Clinquant</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clin"quant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Tinse;l; Dutch gold.</def>

<h1>Clio</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/ the proclaimer, fr. <?/ to call, tell of, make famous.]</ety> <fld>(Class. Myth.)</fld> <def>The Muse who presided over history.</def>

<h1>Clione</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Cli*o"ne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A genus of naked pteropods. One species (<spn>Clione papilonacea</spn>), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called <i>Clio</i>.</def>

<h1>Clip</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clip</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clipped</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clipping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cluppen</ets>, <ets>clippen</ets>, to embrace, AS. <ets>clyran</ets> to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. <ets>kluft</ets> tongs, shears, Icel, <ets>kl\'dfpa</ets> to pinch, squeeze, also OE. <ets>clippen</ets> to cut, shear, Dan. <ets>klippe</ets> to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. <ets>klippa</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To embrace, hence; to encompass.</def>

<blockquote>O . . . that Neptune's arms, who <b>clippeth</b> thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut off; as with shears or scissors; <as>as, to <ex>clip</ex> the hair; to <ex>clip</ex> coin.</as></def>

<blockquote>Sentenced to have his ears <b>clipped</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To curtail; to cut short.</def>

<blockquote>All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor <b>clipped</b>, but so. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>