Clapboard to Classicalist
Clapboard
(Clap"board) n.
1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; — used for weatherboarding the outside of
houses. [U. S.]
2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.
Clapboard
(Clap"board), v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.]
Bartlett.
Clapbread
(Clap"bread` Clap"cake`) , n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.]
Halliwell.
Clape
(Clape) n. (Zoöl.) A bird; the flicker.
Clapper
(Clap"per) n.
1. A person who claps.
2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper,
etc. See Illust. of Bell.
Clapper rail (Zoöl.), an Americam species of rail
Clapper
(Clap"per), n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]
Clapperclaw
(Clap"per*claw) v. t. [Clap + claw.]
1. To fight and scratch. C. Smart.
2. To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.
Claps
(Claps) v. t. Variant of Clasp [Obs.] Chaucer.
Claptrap
(Clap"trap`) n.
1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]
2. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.
Claptrap
(Clap"trap`), a. Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.
Claque
(||Claque) n. [F.] A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.
Claqueur
(||Cla`queur") n. [F.] One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.
Clare
(Clare) n. A nun of the order of St. Clare.
Clarence
(Clar"ence) n. A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.
Clarenceux
(Clar"en*ceux, Clar"en*cieux) n. (Her.) See King-at- arms.
Clarendon
(Clar"en*don) n. A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.
This line is in nonpareil Clarendon.
Clare-obscure
(Clare"-ob*scure") n. [L. clarus clear + obscurus obscure; cf. F. clair- obscur. Cf. Chiaroscuro.]
(Painting) See Chiaroscuro.
