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- English Word Claptrap Definition A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
- English Word Claptrap Definition A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
- English Word Claptrap Definition Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
- English Word Claque Definition A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
- English Word Claqueur Definition One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.
- English Word Clare Definition A nun of the order of St. Clare.
- English Word Clare-obscure Definition See Chiaroscuro.
- English Word Clarence Definition A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.
- English Word Clarenceux Definition Alt. of Clarencieux
- English Word Clarencieux Definition See King-at-arms.
- English Word Clarendon Definition A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.
- English Word Claret Definition The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name is also given to similar wines made in the United States.
- English Word Claribella Definition A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.
- English Word Clarichord Definition A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.
- English Word Clarification Definition The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.
- English Word Clarification Definition The act of freeing from obscurities.
- English Word Clarified Definition of Clarify
- English Word Clarifier Definition That which clarifies.
- English Word Clarifier Definition A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works.
- English Word Clarify Definition To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup.
- English Word Clarify Definition To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
- English Word Clarify Definition To glorify.
- English Word Clarify Definition To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
- English Word Clarify Definition To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
- English Word Clarifying Definition of Clarify
- English Word Clarigate Definition To declare war with certain ceremonies.
- English Word Clarinet Definition A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.
- English Word Clarino Definition A reed stop in an organ.
- English Word Clarion Definition A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
- English Word Clarionet Definition See Clarinet.