clandestinity 
clandestinity (klan-des-tin'i-ti), n. [< clan- 
destine + -ity ; = P. clanaestimte.'] Clandes- 
tineness; secrecy. [Kare.] 
Clandestinity and disparity do not void a marriage, but 
only make the proof more difficult. 
Stillingfleet, Speech in 1682. 
Clandestinity, in what manner soever aimed at, may be 
considered as evidentiary of fear. 
Bentham, Judicial Evidence, 7. 10. 
Clang (klang), . [Not in ME. or AS. ; = (JHG. 
rJilang, MHG. Mane (klang-, also blank-), G. 
klang = Sw. Dan. klang, sound, clang, ring, 
clink; in form from the pret. of the verb repre- 
sented by OHG. clMngan (pret. chlanc), MHG. 
G. Mil/gen (pret. klang) = MLG. Mingen = Icel. 
Idingja, clang, ring, clink, a verb parallel to 
MHG. G. klinken = MLG. klinken = MD. D. 
kli liken = E. clink: see clink. Cf. L. clangor, 
clang, clangor, Gr. K/laj'y//, a clang, clash, rattle, 
from the verb; L. dangere, LL. also clingere, 
make a loud sound, clang, = Gr. nhafyiv (perf. 
KS&ayyd), scream, bark, clash, rattle. All ult. 
imitative, the forms in Teut. agreeingwith clang 
being mixed with those agreeing with clank and 
clink, and further associated through imitative 
variation with numerous similar forms: see 
clink, clank, click 1 , clack, etc.] 1 . A loud, sharp, 
resonant, and metallic sound ; a clangor : as, 
the clang of arms ; the clang of bells ; the clang 
of hammers. 
Loud 'larums, neighing steeds, and trumpets' clang. 
Shak., T. of the 8., i. 2. 
At every stride Red Rowan made, 
I wot the Kinmont's aims [irons] play'd clang. 
Kinimmt Willie (Child's Ballads, VI. 66). 
The haunt of seals, and ores, and sea-mews' clang. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 835. 
The drawbridge dropped with a surly clang. 
Lowell, Sir Launfal. 
2. [Gr. klang.~\ The quality of a musical sound; 
the respect in which a tone of one instrument 
differs from the same tone struck on another ; 
timbre. See extract. 
An assemblage of tones, such as we obtain when the 
fundamental tone and the harmonics of a string sound 
together, is called by the Germans a Klang. May we not 
employ the English word clang to denote the same thing, 
and thus give the term a precise scientific meaning akin 
to its popular one? Tyndall, Sound, p. 118. 
clang (klang), v. [Not in ME. or AS. j formal- 
ly from the noun, but partly, as an imitative 
word, an independent verb ; cf . L. clangere, 
clang, = Gr. K>M,eiv (perf. uti&ayya), scream, 
bark, clash, clang : see clang, n. , and clank, clack, 
etc.] I. intrans. To give out a clang ; resound. 
Above the wood which grides and clangs. 
Tennyson, In Memoriam, cvii. 
She looks across the harbor-bar 
To see the white gulls fly ; 
His greeting from the Northern sea 
Is in their clanging cry. 
Whittier, Amy Wentworth. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to sound with a clang. 
The fierce Curetes trod tumultuous 
Their mystick dance, and clang'd their sounding arms. 
Prior. 
2. To cause the name of to resound ; celebrate 
with clangor. 
"The crane," I said, "may chatter of the crane, 
The dove may murmur of the dove, but I 
An eagle clang an eagle to the sphere." 
Tennyson, Princess, iii. 
clang-color (klang'kuFor), n. Same as clang- 
tint. 
clangor (klang'gor or klang'or), n. [Also some- 
times clangour ; = F. clangueur = Pg. clangor 
= It. clangore, < L. clangor, a sound, clang, < 
clangere, clang: see clang.~\ A sharp, metal- 
lic, ringing sound ; resonant, clanging sound ; 
clang ; clamorous noise ; shrill outcry. 
And hear the trumpet's clangour pierce the sky. 
Dryden. 
Not without clangour, complaint, subsequent criminal 
trials, and official persons dying of heartbreak. 
Carlyle, French Rev., I. iii. 9. 
Night after night the geese came lumbering in in the 
dark with a clangor and a whistling of wings, even after 
the ground was covered with snow. 
Thoreau, Walden, p. 267. 
The drum rolls loud, the bugle fills 
The summer air with clangor. 
Whittier, Oltr River. 
The clamor and the clangor of the bells. 
Poe, The Bells. 
clangor (klang'gor or klang'or), v. i. [Also 
sometimes clangour ; < clangor, n.J To make a 
clangor; clang; clank; resound. 
All steeples are clangouring. 
Carlyle, French Rev., III. i. 4. 
clangorous (klang'go-rus or klang'o-rus), a. [< 
ML. clangorosus, < L. clangor : see clangor."] 
1026 Clap 
Making or producing clangor; having a hard, clanship (klan'ship), n. [< clan + -ship.] A 
metallic, or ringing sound. state of union as in a family or clan ; associa- 
Who would have thought that the clangorous noise of a tion under a chieftain, 
smith's hammers should have given the flrst rise to music ? The habitations of the Highlanders, not singly, but in 
Spectator, No. 334. Bma ii groups, as if they loved society or clanship. 
To serve in Vulcan's clangorous smithy. 1'ennant, Tour in Scotland. 
Lowell, Hymn to my Fire. c l ansman (klanz'man), n. ; pi. clansmen (-men), 
clangour, n. and v. See clangor. A member of a clan. 
clangOUSt, a. [< clang + -Oils. Cf. OF. clan- ^^ a hundred clansmen raise 
aeujr.~\ Making a clanging noise. Their voices in their Chieftain's praise. 
Harsh and <fcnu throats. *- L - " ! Ule L " "' 18 ' 
Sir T. Bmme, Vulg. Err., vii. 14. dap 1 (klap), v. ; pret. and pp. clapped or clapt, 
clang-tint (klang'tint), n. [< clang + tinfl, ppr. clapping. [< ME. clappen, < AS. cla^ppian 
after G. klang-faroe, lit. sound-color.] The (rare) = OFries. klappa, kloppa = D. klappen 
timbre or quality of a compound musical tone, = MLG. LG. klappen (> G. klappen) = Icel. Sw. 
clang-color. pare, strike, catch ; Gael, clabar, a mill-clapper, 
Could the pure fundamental tones of these instruments clabaire, a loud talker. Prob. ult. imitative : 
[clarinet, flute, and violin] be detached, they would be 
undistinguishable from each other ; but the different ad- 
mixture of overtones in the different instruments renders 
their danri-tint* diverse, and therefore distinguishable. 
Tyndall, Sound, p. 127. 
Olangula (klang'gu-la), , [NL. (Boie, 1822), 
dim. of Gr. uKayy^t " a clang, clangor, as the 
screaming of birds, confused cries, etc. : see 
clang.'] A genus of sea-ducks or Fuligulina.', 
containing the garrots or goldeneyes. C. clan- 
gula is the common goldeneye; C. barrovi is Barrow's 
goldeneye or the Rocky Mountain garrot. The American 
bufflehead, Bucephala albeola, and some other species, 
are often placed in this genus. 
clanjamfrie, clanjamfry (klan-jam'fri), n. 
[Sc., variously written clamjampliry, -frie, etc.; 
appar. a loose compound of clam, clem, mean, 
low, worthless, + jamph orjampher, be idle.] 
Persons collectively who are regarded with 
contempt ; a mob ; ragtag and bobtail. 
A gang of play-actors came. They were the first of that 
clanjamfry who had ever been in the parish. Gait. 
I only knew the whole clamjamfery of them were there. 
T. Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, ix. 
Clank (klangk), n. [Not in ME. or AS. ; = MD. 
D. klank = MHG. klanck, a ringing sound; in 
form from the pret. (*klank) of the verb repre- 
sented by MD. D. MHG. G. klinken = E. clink, 
and parallel to clang, similarly related to OHG. 
ehlingan, MHG. G. MLG. D. klingen : see clink, 
and cf. clang, n. and v. Phonetically, clank and 
clink may be regarded as nasalized forms of sharp, abrupt sound. 
clack and click; as imitative verbs they belong 
to an extensive group of more or less imitative 
words of similar phonetic form: see clack, 
click 1 , clang, clash, clatter, clap 1 , etc. ] A sharp, 
hard, metallic sound : as, the clank of chains or 
fetters. 
You mark him by the crashing bough, 
And by his corselet's sullen clank, 
And by the stones spurned from the bank. 
Scott, Rokeby, ii. 14. 
clank (klangk), v. [Not in ME. or AS. ; for- 
mally from the noun, but partly, as an imitative 
word, an independent verb, a variation of clink, 
v. : see clank.n., and cf. clink, clang, n. and D.] 
I. trans. 1. To cause to sound with a clank : as, 
to clank chains. See the noun. 
Officers and their staffs in full uniform clanking their 
spurs and jingling their sabres. 
W. H. Russell, Crimean War, vi. 
2f. To give a ringing blow to. 
He clanked Piercy ower the head, 
A deep wound and a sair. 
Avid Maitland (Child's Ballads, VI. 228). 
II. intrans. To sound with or give out a 
clank. 
He smote his hand 
Against his breast, his heavy mailed hand, 
That the hard iron corslet clank'd aloud. 
M. Arnold, Sohrab and Rustum. 
danker (klang'ker), n. [E. dial. ; appar. < clank 
+ -er 1 .] A beating; a chastisement. Brockett. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
clannish (klan'ish), a. [< clan + -ishl.'] 1. 
Pertaining to a clan ; closely united, like a clan ; 
disposed to adhere closely, as the members of 
a clan. 
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 er. 
Italy 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 
The vision of the whole race passing out of its state of 
clannish division, as the children of Israel themselves had 
done in the time of Moses, and becoming fit to receive a 
universal constitution, this is great. 
J. S. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 213. 
2. Imbued with the prejudices, feelings, senti- 
ments, etc., peculiar to clans; somewhat nar- 
row or restricted in range of social interest 
and feeling. 
clannishly (klan'ish-li), adv. In a clannish 
manner. 
clannishness (klan'ish-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being clannish. 
Men maken hem [so. the loules, alle of gold] dauncen 
and syngen, clappynge here wenges togydere. 
MandeviUe (ed. Halliwell), 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 clap- 
ping the hands. 
Wishing for those hands to take off his melancholy bar- 
gain, which clapped its performance on the stage. 
Dryden, Ded. of Spanish Friar. 
7f. To utter noisily. 
Alle that thou herest thou shalt telle, 
And clappe it out, as doth a belle. 
Oower, 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 </"!' up a peace. 
Was ever match clapp'd up so suddenly? 
Shak., T. of the S., a 1. 
Coming to their place, they clapt up their house quickly, 
and landed their provisions. 
Bradford, Plymouth Plantation, p. 314. 
(6) 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. intrans. If. 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 
aftur. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 807. 
The doors around rae clapt. Dryden. 
