Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CLAR'I-FI-ER, n.

1. That which clarifies or purifies; as, whites of eggs, blood and isinglass, are clarifiers of liquors. – Edwards.
2. A vessel in which liquor is clarified. – Higgins, Med. Repos.

CLAR'IFY, v.i.

1. To clear up; to grow clear or bright. His understanding clarifies, in discoursing with another. – Bacon.
2. To grow or become clear or fine; to become pure, as liquors. Cider clarifies by fermentation.

CLAR'I-FY, v.t. [Fr. clarifier; It. chiarificare; from L. clarus, clear, and facio, to make.]

1. To make clear; to purify from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; applied particularly to liquors; as, to clarify wine, or sirup.
2. To make clear; to brighten or illuminate; applied to the mind or reason. [Rarely used.] – South.

CLAR'I-FY-ING, ppr.

Making clear, pure or bright; defecating; growing clear.

CLAR'I-NET, n. [Fr. clarinette.]

A wind instrument of music.

CLAR'I-ON, n. [Fr. clairon; Sp. clarin; It. chiarina; Port. clarim; from L. clarus, clear, from its shrill sound.]

A kind of trumpet, whose tube is narrower and its tone more acute and shrill than that of the common trumpet. – Encyc.

CLA-RIS'O-NOUS, a. [L. clarus and sonus.]

Having a clear sound.

CLAR'I-TUDE, n.

Clearness; splendor. [Little used.] – Beaum.

CLAR'I-TY, n. [Fr. clarté; L. claritas, from clarus, clear.]

Clearness, brightness; splendor. [Little used.] – Bacon. Brown.

CLART, v.t.

To daub, smear or spread. – Grose.

CLAR-TY, a.

Wet, slippery. – Grose.

CLA'RY, n. [A corruption of Sclarea.]

A plant of the genus Salvia, or sage; Salvia Sclarea.

CLAR'Y, v.i.

To make a loud or shrill noise. [Not used.] – Golding.

CLA'RY-WA-TER, n.

A composition of brandy, sugar, clary-flowers, and cinnamon, with a little ambergris dissolved in it. It is a cardiac and helps digestion. – Encyc.

CLASH, n.

1. A meeting of bodies with violence; a striking together with noise; collision, or noisy collision of bodies; as the clash of arms. – Pope. Denham.
2. Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, &c. – Atterbury. Denham.

CLASH, v.i. [D. kletsen; G. klatschen, klitschen; Dan. klatsker.]

1. To strike against; to drive against with force. Note. The sense of this word is simply to strike against or meet with force; but when two sounding bodies strike together, the effect is a sound. Hence the word often implies, to strike with a noise; as clashing arms. – Denham.
2. To meet in opposition; to be contrary; to act in a contrary direction; to interfere, as opposing persons, minds, views, interests, &c.; as, the opinions of men clash; clashing interests. – South. Bacon. Independent jurisdictions … could not fail to clash. – Dwight's Theol.

CLASH, v.t.

To strike one thing against another, with sound. – Dryden.

CLASH'ING, a.

Interfering, opposite; as clashing interests.

CLASH'ING, n.

A striking against; collision of bodies; opposition. – Howel.

CLASH'ING, ppr.

Striking against with noise; meeting in opposition; opposing; interfering.

CLASH'ING-LY, adv.

With clashing.

CLASP, n. [Ir. clasba; clapse, Chaucer.]

1. A hook for fastening; a catch; a small hook to hold together the covers of a book, or the different parts of a garment, of a belt, &c. – Addison.
2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around. – Shak.

CLASP, v.t.

1. To shut or fasten together with a clasp. – Pope.
2. To catch and hold by twining; to surround and cling to; as, the clasping ivy. – Milton.
3. To inclose and hold in the hand; or simply to inclose or encompass with the fingers. – Bacon.
4. To embrace closely; to throw the arms round; to catch with the arms. – Milton. Dryden.
5. To inclose, and press.

CLASP'ED, pp.

Fastened with a clasp; shut; embraced; inclosed; encompassed; caught.

CLASP'ER, n.

He or that which clasps; usually the tendril of a vine or other plant, which twines round something for support.