Part 2024

<h1>Cloud</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Clouded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Clouding</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; <as>as, the sky is <ex>clouded</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.</def>

<blockquote>One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath <b>clouded</b> all thy happy days on earth. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Be not disheartened, then, nor <b>cloud</b> those looks. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Nothing <b>clouds</b> men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.</def>

<blockquote>I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress <b>clouded</b> so, without My present vengeance taken. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to <b>cloud</b> yarn.</def>

<blockquote>And the nice conduct of a <b>clouded</b> cane. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloud</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with <i>up</i>.</def>

<blockquote>Worthies, away! The scene begins to <b>cloud</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Coudage</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Coud"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Mass of clouds; cloudiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A scudding <b>cloudage</b> of shapes. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloudberry</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"ber`ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A species of raspberry (<spn>Rubus Cham\'91merous</spn>) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.</def>

<h1>Cloud-built</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"-built</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary.</def>

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>So vanished my <b>cloud-built</b> palace. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cloud-burst</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"-burst`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.</def>

<h1>Cloud-capped</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"-capped`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; <as>as, <ex>cloud-capped</ex> mountains</as>.</def>

<h1>Cloud-compeller</h1> <Xpage=268>

<hw>Cloud"-com*pel`ler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus.</def> <mark>[Poetic.]</mark>