Part 2036

<blockquote>Not that I have the power to <b>clutch</b> my hand. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clutch</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clutch</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by <i>at</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Clutching</b> at the phantoms of the stock market. <i>Bankroft.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clutter</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clut"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>cludair</ets> heap, pile, <ets>cludeirio</ets> to heap.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; <as>as, the room is in a <ex>clutter</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>He saw what a <b>clutter</b> there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. <i>L'Estrange.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Clatter; confused noise.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Clutter</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clut"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cluttered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cluttering</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; <as>as, to <ex>clutter</ex> a room</as>.</def>

<h1>Clutter</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clut"ter</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To make a confused noise; to bustle.</def>

<blockquote>It [the goose] <b>cluttered</b> here, it chuckled there. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Clutter</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clut"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Clod</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To clot or coagulate, as blood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>

<h1>Clypeastroid</h1> <Xpage=269>

<hw>Clyp`e*as"troid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>Clypeaster</ets> (L. <ets>clupeus</ets> shield + <ets>aster</ets> star) + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Like or related to the genus <spn>Clupeaster</spn>; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.</def>

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<h1>Clypeate</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Clyp"e*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clupeatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>clupeare</ets> to arm with a shield, fr. <ets>clupeus</ets>, <ets>clipeus</ets> shield.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.</def>

<h1>Clypeiform</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Clyp"e*i*form`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>clupeus</ets> shield + <ets>-form</ets>.]</ety> <def>Shield-shaped; clypeate.</def>

<h1>Clypeus</h1> <Xpage=270>

<hw>Clyp"e*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Clypei</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., a shield.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The frontal plate of the head of an insect.</def>

<h1>Clysmian</h1> <Xpage=270>