Clitoris

( Anat.) A small round organ, situate at the upper part of the vulva, and separated by a small space from the anterior commi ure of the labia. Cli'tus, a distinguished Maced on i an general, who saved the life of Alexander the Great at the battle of Granicus, but who, having expostulated with his imperial master when the latter was in a fit of intoxication, was slain by him, в. с. 328. Clive, (OF PLASSEY,) ROBERT, LORD, an English general, B. 1725. He greatly distinguished himself in 1751 against the French in India. The state of his health having compelled him to return to England in 1753, he was received with great honor; and in 1755 he was sent out again to India as lieut.-colonel in the army. He destroyed some nests of pirates on the Coromandel coast, and reached Madras on the 20th June, 1756. On that very day the English in Bengal experienced the heavy disaster of the capture of Calcutta by Surajah Dowlah. Clive sailed from Madras to the Hooghly to save the English power in Bengal. He drove the enemy out of Calcutta, and a temporary treaty was made; but hostilities soon recommenced, and on the 23d June, 1757, C., with 3,000 men, utterly routed the nabob's army of 50,000, in the battle of Pla ey. This decisive victory secured for the English not only the mastery of Bengal, but a permanent ascendancy over the East. C. gained other important military advantages, and returned to England in 1760, loaded with wealth and glory. He was "The clod enthusiastically received, and created (by an Irish peer--The ground; the earth; the soil. age) Lord C. and baron of Pla ey. In 1764 he was a third time sent out to India, where he honorably distinguished Where once their sultan's horse has trod." - Swift. himself by his exertions in the more difficult and in- -That which is base and earthy, or of a worldly nature, by comparison with things spiritual. vidious duty of reforming the gro abuses that abounded in the Indian administration. This made him many enemies; and on his final return to England, in 1767, he became the object of ince ant attack in the public pre , and ultimately in the House of Commons. Clive - A dull, stupid, thick-headed, obtuse, gro , empty-brained fellow. "The spirit of man, Which God inspired, cannot together perish With this corporeal clod ." -Milton . "The vulgar! a scarce animated clod, Ne'er pleased with aught above 'em." - Dryden. was, in fact, far from being a faultle man. Throughout his career in the East, he had, in his negotiations and diplomatic dealings, acted on the maxim, that it was quite allowable to fight the cunning and faithle natives with -. ί. Τo collect into concretions, or a thick ma ; to clot. "Wash off the clodded gore." - Milton . their own weapons. He said, in his defence, that it was a matter of true policy and justice to deceive such vil--v. a. To pelt with clods; as, to clod a policeman. lains. Acts of chicanery, and even of forgery, could thus be truly charged against Clive. But his fearle defence of himself in parliament was very effective. The magnitude of his services was undeniable; and the House of Commons, after a long debate on 23d May, 1773, refused to vote that Lord Clive had abused his power, and came to the resolution, that "Lord Clive has rendered great and meritorious services to his country." But though thus honorably acquitted by parliament, Clive's haughty spirit suffered deeply from the attacks aimed at him; his health also was impaired, and he fear- fully aggravated both his mental and physical prostra- tion by the immoderate use of opium. On the 22d Nov., 1774, he committed suicide. Clod'-crusher, n. (Agric.) An implement used for crushing and pre ing the soil. In its general form, it consists of a cylindrical roller divided into many pieces, all strung upon one axle. These pieces actually const i- tute a number of independent wheels, which are notched on the outer edge, and so formed as to prevent the tear- ing up of the land, which, when the common roller was employed in rolling a growing crop, was a serious objec- tion. IMG:content-0229.png:[blocks in formation] Fig . 625. CLOACA MAXIMA.