Part 2028

<cs><mcol><col>To show the cloven foot</col> &or; <col>hoof</col></mcol>, <cd>to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cloven-footed, Cloven-hoofed</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw><hw>Clo"ven-foot`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Clo"ven-hoofed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.</def>

<h1>Clover</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clo"ver</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>claver</ets>, <ets>clover</ets>, AS. <ets>cl<?/fre</ets>; akin to LG. & Dan. <ets>klever</ets>, D. <ets>klaver</ets>, G. <ets>klee</ets>, Sw. <ets>kl<?/fver</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of differend species of the genus <spn>Trifolium</spn>; as the common red clover, <spn>T. pratense</spn>, the white, <spn>T. repens</spn>, and the hare's foot, <spn>T. arvense</spn>.</def>

<cs><col>Clover weevil</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>a small weevil (<spn>Apion apricans</spn>), that destroys the seeds of clover.</cd> -- <col>Clover worm</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the larva of a small moth (<spn>Asopia costalis</spn>), often very destructive to clover hay.</cd> -- <col>In clover</col>, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Sweet clover</col></mcol>. <cd>See <er>Meliot</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Clovered</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clo"vered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Covered with growing clover.</def>

<blockquote>Flocks thick nibbling through the <b>clovered</b> vale. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clowe-gilofre</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clowe"-gi*lof`re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 3d <er>Clove</er>, and <er>Gilliflower</er>.]</ety> <def>Spice clove.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Clown</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clown</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>klunni</ets> a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. <ets>kl<?/nne</ets> clown, dial. Sw. <ets>klunn</ets> log, Dan. <ets>klunt</ets> log block, and E. <ets>clump</ets>, n.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.</def>

<i>Sir P. Sidney.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>clown</b>, the child of nature, without guile. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>clown</b> shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clown</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clown</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To act as a clown; -- with <i>it</i></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Be<?/hrew me, he <b>clowns</b> it properly indeed. <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clownage</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clown"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Clownery</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clown"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Clownishness.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>