30 r/./.V.l TE.— CLOUDS.— COATS OF ARMS. 



CLIMATE. 



Climatol'og'y (Or. h-Uimi, a climate, and forfo.f, a discourse). 

 — All invest i;j^at ion of" the causes on which the climate of 

 a place depends. 



CLOTH. 



Weaving'. — The art of combining threads, yarns, filaments, or 

 =*■ strips of different materials, or anything flexible, so as to 

 form cloth or some other kind of textile fabric. 

 Warp. — -The threads which arc extended lengthwise in a loom. 

 Woof. — The threads that cross the warp. 



CLOUDS. 



Cir'ro-cu'mulus. — A cloud intermediate between the cirrus and 

 cumulus, composed of small, well-defined masses, closely 

 arranged. 



Cir'ro-stra'tus. — A cloud intermediate between the cirrus and 

 stratus, consisting of horizontal masses separated into 

 groups, with which the sky is so mottled as to suggest 

 resemblances to the back of the mackerel. The prevalence 

 of this cloud is usually followed by bad weather. 



Cirrus. — A cloud consisting of fibres or curling streaks, which 

 diverge in all directions. It occupies the highest region, 

 and is frequently the first cloud which is seen after a con- 

 tinuance of clear weather. 



Cu'mulo-stra'tus. — A blending of the cirro-stratus with the 

 cunmlus. 



Cu'millus. — A convex aggregate of watery particles, increasing 

 upwards from a horizontal base, and assuming more or less 

 of a conical figure. 



Nim'bus. — The cloud into which the others resolve themselves 

 when rain falls. 



Stra'tus. — A cloud consisting of horizontal layers, and com- 

 prehending fogs and mists. It is the lowest of the clouds, 

 its under surface usually resting on the earth or water. 



CROATS OF ARMS. 



Heraldry. — The science of recording genealogies, and blazon- 

 ing arms or cusi<rus armorial. It also teaches whatever 



