cloud ring (kloudring)

A ring of clouds; specifically, a cloudy belt or region north and south of the equator. cloud-topped, cloud-topt (kloud'topt), a. Having the top covered with clouds. Gray. cloudy (klou'di), a. [ And bring in cloudy night immediately. Shak., R. and J., iii. 2. cloudy As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended and stood at the door of the tabernacle. Ex. xxxiii. 9. 1059 2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds; of the na- -2. Any piece of cloth, especially a worthle ture of a cloud. piece, or one designed for a mean use; a rag. A clout about that head, Where late the diadem stood. Shak . , Hamlet, ii. 2. They look Like empty scabbards all, no mettle in 'em; Like men of clouts , set to keep crows from orchards. Fletcher, Bonduc a, ii. 3. 3. Obscure; dark; not easily understood. The Historian, affirming many things, can in the cloudy knowledge of mankinde hardly escape from many lyes. clove