Clonic

[Fr. clonique, from Gr. klonos, any violent, confused motion.] ( Med. ) Irregular convulsive motions; convulsions with alternate relaxation; in contradistinction to tonic, which signifies a constant rigidity. Clonmel', a town of Ireland, cos. Water ford and Tipperary, pleasantly situated on the river Suir, 14 m. S. S. E. of Cashell. Manf , cotton fabrics. Pop . (1895) 8,480. Clonmell', in Pennsylvania , a small village of Lancaster county. Clontarf', a village of Ireland, prov. Leinster, co. Dublin, 21⁄2 m. from the castle of Dublin; pop . 200. Here, April 23, 1034, Brian Boru, king of Ireland, with a force of 20,000 men, defeated 21,000 Danes, under King Sitric. 7,000 Irish, including Brian and his son, fell in the action. The Danish lo amounted to 13,000. Clon'thal, or Klon'thal, a lake of Switzerland, 3 m. from Glarus. It is 2 m. long by 1 broad, and is elevated 2,526 feet above the sea.