clannishness (klanishnes)

The state or quality of being clannish. A member of a clan. Loud a hundred clansmen raise Their voices in their Chieftain's praise. Scott, L. of the L., ii. 18. clap1 (klap), v.; pret. and pp. clapped or clapt, ppr. clapping. [ G. klappen ) = Icel. Sw. klappa = Dan. klappe = OHG. chlaphon, MHG. klaffen, clap, strike with a noise, in MLG., etc., also to talk much, gabble, chatter; cf. It. chiap pare, strike, catch; Gael. clabar, a mill-clapper, clabaire, a loud talker. Prob. ult. imitative: cf. clack, etc.] I. trans. 1. To strike with a quick, sharp motion; slap; pat, as with the palm of the open hand or some flat object: as, to clap one on the shoulder. The hande that clappyd the vndyr the ere. Holy Rood (E. E. T. S.), p. 177. Claps her pale cheek, till clapping makes it red. Shak ., Venus and Adonis, 1. 468. Have you never seen a citizen on a cold morning clap- ping his sides, and walking before his shop? Dryden , Spanish Friar, ix. 1. Hence-2. To fondle by patting. Clapt him on the hands and on the cheeks. Tennyson, Dora. 3. To push forcibly; move together; shut hastily: followed by to: as, to clap to the door or gate.-4. To place or put, especially by a hasty or sudden motion: as, to clap the hand to the mouth; to clap spurs to a horse. Tho boordes were clapped on both sides of his body, through which there were driven many great nailes. Coryat, Crudities, I. 187. Then trip to his Lodging, clap on a Hood and Scarf, and a Mask, slap into a Hackney-Coach and drive hither to the Door again in a trice! Congreve, Way of the World, i. 8. If she rejects this proposal, clap her under lock and key. Sheridan, The Rivals, i. 2. 5. To strike, knock, or slap together, as the hands, or against the body, as wings, with a sharp, abrupt sound. Men maken hem [sc. the foules, alle of gold) dauncen and syngen, clappynge here wenges togydere. Mandeville (ed. Hall i well), p. 219. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Ps. xlvii. 1. The crested bird That claps his wings at dawn. Tennyson, Fair Women. Hence-6. To manifest approbation of by striking the hands together; applaud by clapping the hands. Wishing for those hands to take off his melancholy barDryden, Ded. of Spanish Friar. gain, which clapped its performance on the stage. 71. To utter noisily. Alle that thou herest thou shalt telle, And clappe it out, as doth a belle. Gower, Conf. Amant., II. 282. To clap eyes on, to look at; see. [Colloq.] Nicest girl I ever clapped eyes on. Harper's Mag., LXV. 607. To clap hands, to clasp or join hands with another, in token of the conclusion of an agreement. So clap hands and a bargain. Shak., Hen. V., v. 2. To clap hold of (or on), to seize roughly and suddenly. But here my Guide, his wings soft oars to spare, On the moon's lower horn clap'd hold , and whirl'd Me up. J. Beaumont , Psyche, i. 100. To clap up. (a) To make or arrange hastily; patch up: as, to clap up a peace. Was ever match clapp'd up so suddenly? Shak., T. of the S., ii. 1. Coming to their place, they clapt up their house quickly, and landed their provisions. Bradford , Plymouth Plantation, p. 314. (b) To imprison, especially without formality or delay. Clap him up , And, if I live, I'll find a strange death for him. Fletcher, Loyal Subject, iv. 6. II. in trans. 11. To strike or knock, as at a door. This somnour clappeth at the widowes gate. Chaucer, Friar's Tale, 1. 283. 2. To come together suddenly with a sharp noise; close with a bang; slam; clack. And thai [mouths] clappe shall full clene, & neuer vnclose Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 807. aftur. The doors around me clapt . Dryden. IMG:content-0526.png:[blocks in formation] Give the door such a clap as you go out as will shake the IMG:content-0527.png:[blocks in formation] Men, with wives, and boys, Whose shouts and claps out-voice the deep-mouth'd sea. Shak ., Hen. V., v. (cho.). 4. A clapping; applause expre ed by clap ping. [Now colloq.] He sometimes lets the audience begin the clap of them selves, and at the conclusion of their applause ratifies it with a single thwack. Add is on, Trunk maker at the Play. He was saluted, on his first appearance, with a general clap ; by which I perceived that he was one of those spoiled actors in whom the pit pardons everything. Smollett, tr. of Gil Blas, vii. 6. 5t. Noise of any kind, especially idle chatter. Stynt thi clappe. Chaucer, Prol. to Miller's Tale, 1. 36. His lewde [ignorant] clappe, of which I sett no prys. Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. S.), i. 105. 6. A sudden blow, motion, or act: generally in the phrase at a clap (which see, below).-7. A touch or pat with the open hand: as, he put her off with a ki and a clap. [Scotch and New England.] -8. In falconry, the nether part of the beak of a hawk. E. Phillips, 1706. -9. Same as clapper1, 1 ( d ). At a clap, at one blow; all at once; suddenly. What, fifty of my followers at a clap! Shak., Lear, i. 4. They are for hazarding all for God at a clap, and I am for taking all advantage to secure my life and estate. Bunyan , Pilgrim's Progre , p. 165.