Clot

i. To form into clots or clods; to hang together. To concrete; to coagulate; to gather into concretions. To be defiled, or become gro . "The soul grows clotted by contagion." - Milton. Clot'-bur, n. ( Bot .) The Burdock. Cloth, n. Regular pl. CLOTHS; but written when used in relation to garments, CLOTHES. [A. S. clath ; Ger. kleid ; Swed. and Goth. klade , cloth, a garment; allied to W.clyd , warm, sheltered, and clydiam , to make warm or comfortable. Derived by "Junius," from Gr. klöthō , to spin.) A manufactured substance consisting of wool, hair, cotton, flax, and hemp, or other vegetable filaments. It is formed by weaving or interlacing threads, and is used for making garments or other coverings. The term cloth, when used alone, is generally employed to distinguish woollen cloth from fabrics made of any other textile material. See WOOLLEN MANUFACTURE. piece of any woven fabric set apart for a particular use; as, a table- cloth. -Strictly adhering to the original; without deviation; literal; strict; as, a close copy. - Precise; careful; at---A tentive; accurate; as, a close observer. - In doubt; evenly balanced; about equal; as, a close contest. ( Her .) Applied to a bird, when its wings are down and close to the body. Close corporation. A corporate body whose officers are unattainable by the general public. - Close - vowel . A vowel pronounced by a contraction of the lips. - Close to the wind. ( Naut .) Said of a ve el when sailing close- hauled, or as near as po ible to the point whence the wind blows. Close, adv . Closely; nearly; densely; secretly; pre - ingly. "Close following pace for pace." - Milton . Clootz, JEAN BAPTISTE DE, a Pru ian baron, better known as AN ACHARS IS CLOOTz, one of the wildest and most violent actors in the early scenes of the French Revolution. He was born at Cleves, in 1755, and very early di ipated the greater portion of his fortune. In Close-banded, a. In close order; closely united. 1790, being at Paris, he presented himself at the bar of Close'-barred, a. Firmly closed by bars. the National A embly, attended by a number of men Close'-bodied, a . Setting or fitting close to the body; dre ed to represent various foreign nations; and, de as, a " close - bodied coat." - Ayliffe. stingy; as, a close - fisted employer. ous; close-fisted. -Any texture used as a covering; as, the green cloth of a billiard-table. -A term given to the clerical profe ion generally, by virtue of their peculiar garb; as, a brother of the cloth . Clothaire I., ( klo - tair ',) king of France, B. 497, was the son of Clovis and Clotilda. He, at first, was only king of So is sons, in 511; but became, in 558, master of the whole of France, on the death of his brothers. D. 561. CLOTHAIRE II., в. about 575, succeeded his father, Chilperic I., in the kingdom of So is sons, at the age of four months. His mother maintained the Singdom for him against the efforts of Childcbert, and afterwards becoming po e ed of Austrasia, he reigned over the whole of the kingdom. D. 628. CLOTHAIRE III., B. 652, came to the throne of Burgundy in 655, on the death of his father, Clovis II. Batilda, his mother, governed during his minority with great wisdom. D. 670. CLOTHAIRE IV., reigned only in name from 717 to 720, Charles Martel, mayor of the palace, having the real power. D. 720. conduct, he was among those who voted for the death of the unfortunate Louis XVI. His course, however, was now well nigh run, for, becoming an object of suspicion to Robes pierre, he was arrested, and guillotined in 1794. Cloquet, JULES GERMAIN, ( klo - kay ' ,) a French physician, meinber of the Institute and of the Academy of Medicine, born in Paris, 1790, a brother of the celebrated anatomist, M. Hippolyte Cloquet, who died in 1843. He studied medicine in Paris, took his degrees of doctor in 1817, and after some competition, was, in 1831, elected to the chair of Pathological Surgery. In addition to various theses, which have received high commendation, he was the author of Anatomie de l'Homme , 1821-31; of Path ologie Chirurgicale, ., in 1831, and other works. He contributed largely to the Dictionnaire de Médec in, was a skillful operator, and invented various useful surgical instruments. Died 1883. Close, (kloz,) v. a. [Lat. clausus , from claudo , to shut; Fr. clos .] To shut; to move or bring as near as po ible together; to make fast by pre ing together, or by stopping an open place; to shut up; to block up; as, to close one's eyes. "Now stir the fire and close the shutters fast." - Cowper. -To end; to finish; to conclude; to complete; to bring to an end or period; as, to close an account. "One frugal supper did our studies close." - Dryden. -To inclose; to encompa ; to confine; to gather round. "According to the gift which bounteous nature hath in him closed." Shaks.