Part 2011

<hw>Clock"like`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.</def>

<blockquote>Their services are <b>clocklike</b>, to be set Blackward and vorward at their lord's command. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clockwork</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clock"work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.</def>

<h1>Clod</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>clodde</ets>, latter form of <ets>clot</ets>. See <er>Clot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.</def> "<i>Clods</i> of a slimy substance." <i>Carew.</i> "<b>Clods</b> of iron and brass." <i>Milton.</i></blockquote> "<b>Clods</b> of blood." <i>E. Fairfax.</i>

<blockquote>The earth that casteth up from the plow a great <b>clod</b>, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller <b>clod</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>clod</b> <b>Where once their sultan's horse has trod</b>. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.</def>

<blockquote>This cold <b>clod</b> of clay which we carry about with us. <i>T. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A pert of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Beef</er>.</def>

<h1>Clod</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v.i</tt> <def>To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; <as>as, <ex>clodded</ex> gore</as>. See <er>Clot</er>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Clodded</b> in lumps of clay. <i>G. Fletcher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clod</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To pelt with clods.</def>

<i>Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To throw violently; to hurl.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Cloddish</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"dish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.</def>

<i>Hawthorne.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Clod"dish*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Cloddy</h1> <Xpage=265>

<hw>Clod"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of clods; full of clods.</def>