clave 
In Mar. h orenu'c in sette in snndry wyse: 
In ae.le, in liou^'h, in t.ranelie.s, ami ill fluuf. 
1'iillnilin.t, llusliomlric (K. K. T. S.), p. 119. 
claveau (kla-vo'), n. [F. ; cf. OF. dun-l,-. 
clavercleux (ML. i-lin-r/ii.it. infected with pus- 
tules; prob. < ML. clai-i-llitx. dim. of L. clarux, 
> F. clttu, a nail, a tumor: sec </('.] The 
sheep-pox. Linn Inn. 
Clavecin (klav'e-sin). . f < F. rlnn -i-iu, rliirrx- 
gin,< It. rltirifriiihnln = Sp. clai-ii-iniluiln, rtan- 
ciiiiliiiii/i (obs.) = 1). kin i-ii-i in, 1,-ltiri-rimM = 
MH(i. l;luff,-iinl,,-i, (J. dim intbtl, < ML. clari- 
I-I/III/III/HIII. i-lni-iciiiihiiliim, < L (/(in'.v (> It. cliini'i 
Sp. C/I//T. nov> linn, etc.: see (/</', clni-ix ), a 
key, -I- ri/iiiliiilHiii (> It. i-imliiili, Sp. cimhiil,,: clavicle (kl 
see cymbal), a cymbal, tabor, etc. Cf. rlari- 
i-linrd.] 1. A harpsichord. 2. The set of 
keys or levers by which a carillon is played. 
clavecinist (klavVsin-ist), . [< ebvwfn + 
int.] One who plays on the clavecin or harp- 
sichord. Jlrniniilii/. 
clavelt (klii'vol), n. Same as i-lnn/. 
clavellate (khiv'e-lat), a. [< NL. davcllatux, 
(. "clan-lla, dim. of L. clara, a club: see data.] 
In hot., provided with club-shaped processes; 
clava to. 
clayellated ( klav'e-la-ted), a. [As clavellate + 
-i-ii-.] 1. Made from billets of wood. 2. Same 
as clavellate ciavellated ashes, potash ami pearl 
a-h : n termed from the billets of wood fr which thev 
are obtained by burning. 
Clavellina (klav-e-li'na), n. [NL., < 'davella 
(dim. of L. clara, a club) + -itufl.] The typical 
genus of ascidians of the family ClaveUiitidte, 
having the body divided into three regions. C. 
li'piiilij'ni-iiii.i is an example. ./. C. tiariyny, 1816. 
clavellinid (kla-vel'i-nid), n. A tunicate of 
the family (tarellinidte. 
Clavellin'idae (klav-e-lin'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Clavellina + -ida;.] A family of social ascid- 
ians, typified by the genus Clavellina. Each in- 
dividual lias Its own heart, respiratory apparatus, and 
digestive organs; but each is fixed on a footstalk which 
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held against the string, Instead of by the rtrokeof a ham- 
mer. : l his method of tone-production |-rniilte.| eonM.lei- 
al.le variation in f.,i e,. and in.nialitv The compass of the 
elavi. hor.l was originally limited to a te ton 
Ion, and til.' ad\an 
clavotrapezius 
the genus Clara, whicli form colonies of similar 
individuals, all maturing sexual cells on hollow 
tentacular |il-ocesSCS. 
rlanrithrriii (-ii). [NL., < L. rliiri*. a kev, -t- more rarely, a harpsichord. 2. A pianoforte. 
i-ilhani, a . citliii'ra. guitar.] An old musical in- 3. The keyboard of a clavichorii, h, 
strnmcnt of which little is known, probably a < - h<>rtl, pianoforte, organ, or similar instru- 
kin.l of harpsichord, having the strings stret'ch- ''lent. 
ed upon a vertical frame, as in an upright piano- claviformjklav'i-foriii), a. [Also improp. </</<</- 
forte. Also written c/o. ////,<,.//(. fnnn : I'.Sp. 1'g. \\.clurijiiriin .<* i-lin-n, a club, 
av'i-kl), n. [= F. i-lnricul, Sp. +./"<'<<". shape. ] Having aelavate form; club- 
i-lnrii-iila = Pg. cliiviciila = It. rlin-imlii, < XL. shapec . __ 
i-lnrii-iiln. a sp.-eial use of L. dai'icula, a small claviger 1 (klav'i-jer), n. [Also cc 
key, a tendril, dim. of clitri*. a key : see clavin.] = ^K- It- dariytri), < L. r/nrii/i r. < 
1. The collar-bone, forming one of the ele- 
ments of the pectoral arch in vertebrate arii- 
mals. In man ami Hiimlry quadrupeds there arc complete 
cUrtola or collar-bonex, each joined at one end to the 
scapula or shoulder-bone, and at the other to the sternum 
or breast-bone. In 
as, a claviform anti-nna. 
contr. 
, . L. cUivis, a 
key, + genre, boar.] 1. One who keeps the 
keys, as of a room. 
Human Clavicle, left side, viewed from 
above. 
mini) quadrupeds the 
rlavii lesareat>sentor 
rudimentary, while In 
I'lr.u they are united 
in a single forked 
piece, popularly call- 
Th. piim, ,,r that bottomless pit whereof they were the 
n. Christian Religion' i Appeal to Rtaton, p. 88. 
Hence 2. A custodian of the treasury, rec- 
ords, or muniments of a corporation. [Eng.] 
The Cloven [clavigersl are two aldermen an. I twocoun- 
< ilmen, who have the custody of the . -in | x..rie|ilchett, 
Miieh has two locks: each clacertua a k. v. 
or wilhbone. 
are recognized 
j et n ctnver nun a Key. 
Municip. Corp. Uepvrti (1835), p. Z48. 
.'.i \\lc m,,f]iiLw'ihi claviger 2 (klav'i-jer), n. [= F. clattiaere. < L 
In many vertebrates below birds clavicles claVMcr < flora a. o 11 ti -t 
!, but their homology is not always clear. &> 2?*. ?T. t, 
gerere, bear.] If. 
2. [.cap.] [NL.] In etom., agenusof clavi- 
corn beetles, of the family I'selaphida;. C. testa- 
ecus is a wingless European species with con- 
nate elytra. J'reyssler, 1790. 3. [cap.] [NL.] 
In conch., a genus of gastropods. Haldeman, 
1842. 
are recognized, but their homology Is not always clear. V Tt^llV V vZ i i 
The human clavicle Is by some considered to be composed ^'terally, one who has a club; a club-bearer, 
of its body, or clavicle proper, with a mesoscapular seg- 
ment or acromial cpiphysls, a precoracoid or sternal c|.i 
physls, and an onmsternum, or interarticular flbrocartl- 
lage ; but this view Is not generally adopted. See also cut 
under skeleton. 
2. In bot., a tendril. [Rare.] 
clavicorn (klav'i-kom), a. and n. [= F. clari- 
corne, < NL. davicornis, < L. clava, a club, + clavigerqus (kla-vij'e-rus), a. [< L. claviger 
cornn = E. horn.] I. a. Having clavate an- ( 8ee clavigerl) + -out.] Bearing a key. Clarke. 
i enitii' ; specifically, of or pertaining to the clavipalp (klav'i-palp), a. and . [< NL. dati- 
Claricornia. palpus, <. L. clava, a club, + NL. palpus, a feel- 
II. n. A member of the Clavicornia. er: see palpus.] I. a. Having clavate maxil- 
i.raneins from a common ereephiK stem or stolon, through clavicornate (klav-i-kor'nat), a. f< claricorn 'ary palps ; specifically, pertaining to or hav- 
T'I" * s ci ''" l '" t j"", takl!S I' |HC V that connects them all. + -afei.] Same as clavicorn. ingthe characters of the ('/tin/mi/ii. 
pi.' of 
claver 1 !, . An obsolete or dialectal form of 
clnrer. 
claver 2 !, . '. [= Sc. clever, < ME. claveren = D. 
klarcrvn, klei-eren = LG. klauern = Dan. klavre; 
cf. Icel. klifra, clamber, < klifa, climb: see 
dive 1 , and cf. climb.] To climb. 
Hwether the cat of helle claurede euer toward hire ? 
Ancren Riwle, p. 15. 
Two kynges ware clymbande, and elanerande one heghe, 
The creste of the comj)as they covette fulle serne. 
Vorte Arthurs (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3325. 
claver 3 (kla'ver), v. i. [Cf. clatter in same clavicula (kla-v'ik'fa-ia)", . jpl. clavicula; (-le). 
sense.] To talk idly or foolishly ; talk much [NL. : see clanclel] " The clavicle or collar- 
and at random. [Scotch.] bone. 
Aagudeaman . . . as ever ye heard clavtrlu a pulpit. Numerous Vertebrates possess a clamcula, or collar- 
Scoff, bone. Huxley, Auat Vert., p. 33. 
claver 3 (kla'v&r), . [< claver'^, .] 1. An clavicular (kla-vik'u-lar), a. [< clancvla + 
idle story. 2. pi. Idle talk; gossip. [Scotch.] -ar%.] Pertaining to the clavicle or collar-bone. 
I have kend mony chapmen neglect their goods to carry Clavicular scute, in C/telonia, the clavicularium or 
clashes and damn up and down, from one country-side epiplastron. 
to another. scott. Claviculana (kla-vik-u-la'ri-a), n. pi. [NL., 
claver 4 !, . A shortened form of clavigerl. < claricula + -aria. 'Cf. ctaviculariuni.] A 
claves, n. Plural of clavis. subtribe of dictyonine hexactinellid silicious 
;. pi. of davicornis : Bee claricorn.] A group Clavipalpi (klav-i-pal'pi), n.pl. [l>ij., pi. or 
of Coleoptera or beetles having the fourth and clavipalpus.-seedaripafp.] In Latreille's system 
fifth tarsal joints not connate, the first ventral ^ classification, the seventh family of tetrame- 
segments visible for the entire breadth (except rous Coleoptera or beetles, now retained as a 
in Phtjsodidai), the antennae clavate or capitate superfamily of the suborder Tetramera, con- 
' ' - taming the families Krotylida; and Languriida>, 
characterized by compression and clavation of 
the last three joints of the antenna) and a 
broadly transverse last joint of the maxillary 
palps. 
clavis (kla'vis), . ; pi. dares (-vez). [L. Claris 
(=Grr. n/.eif, Dor. xPjjif), a key, connected with 
clau-dere = Or. itfcieiv, shut, close : see close 1 , 
r., and cf. slot, from the same ult. root. Hence 
(very rarely serrate), and the club at the end 
of these furnished with from 2 to 5 joints. The 
species are either terrestrial or aquatic, living mostly on 
carrion, though some are found on plants. Most of the 
clavicorns are known as Xecrophaia ; binding-beetles and 
bacon-beetles are examples. Species of lieterocemu, Par- 
nun, Qeoryitu*, etc., are aquatic forms. 
., . so, rom e same u. roo. ence 
ult. clef, clavicle, conclave, etc.] A key ; specifi- 
cally, a key to or an aid to the understanding of 
something difficult, as a cipher, or the study 
of a foreign or classic author in his own lan- 
guage. 
If It had been necessary we should have construed it 
into the most latent sense, Christ himself would have 
given a clavit, and taught the church to unlock so great a 
ecret. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 307. 
Clavi, . Plural of clavus. sponges with radially situated clavulaj. , . ., . , , 
claviary (klav'i-a-ri), . [< L. Claris, a key: Claviculanum (kla-vik-u-la'ri-um), n. ; pi. da- clarux, a nail: see clarus.] In mining, a bunch 
see clavis, clef.] In music, a collective name vicularia (-a). [NL., < clacicula (see clavicle) + of rich ore. [Mexico.] 
-arium.] One of the anterior lateral paired clavodeltoid (kla-vo-del'toid), a. and n. I a 
pieces of the plastron of the chelonians; the Attached to the clavicle and having the char- 
clavicular scute or so-called clavicle of a tur- **" 
tie : called epistfrnum by some authors, and epi- 
plastron by Huxley. See epiplastron, and cut 
for the system of keys upon the organ, piano, 
and similar instruments. [Little used.] 
claviatur (klavi-a-tor'), [= Dan. klariatur 
= G. claviatur, < D. clariatuur, < L. clavis, a 
key: see clavis, clef.] 1. The keyboard of a 
acters of the deltoideus: as, the clavodeltoid 
muscle. 
II. . The clavodeltoideus. 
pianoforte or an organ. 2. A system of fin- uu fr plastron. clavodeltoideus (kla'v6-del-toi'de-us), . ; pi. 
gering suitable for a musical instrument with Claviculate (kla-vik[u-lat), a. [< clavicula + darodeltoidei (-i). 
form of 
. . [NL., < dav(iciila) + deltoi- 
deus.] A muscle, corresponding to the clavic- 
ular portion of the human deltoidens, extend- 
ing in some animals from the clavicle to the 
, . . ulna, along the lower border of the fore leg. 
Olaviceps (klav'i-seps), n. [NL.. < L. clava, a passing through the lamellae of bone at right clavola (klav'o-lft), n. ; pi. clavota! (-le). [NL 
club, + -ceps, < caput = E. head.] A genus of angles, as if to fasten them together. dim. of L. dava,"& club.] In entom., the club 
pyrenomycetous fungi parasitic upon the seeds clavicylmder (klav-i-sil'in-der), n. [< L. Claris, or expanded terminal portion of an insect's an- 
of various grasses and sedges. C. purpurea * kev > + cytindrus, a cylinder.] A musical tenna, whether it is clavate, lamellate, or capi- 
produces the ergot of rye. See ergot. instrument invented by Chladni in 1799, con- tate. 
teys or levers. -ate 1 .] Having clavicles. 
clavicembalo (klav-i-chem'ba-16), n. : pi. elari- claviculus (kla-vik'u-lus), n. ; pi. claviculi (-15). 
cembali (-le). [It. : see clavecin.] The Italian [NL.,dim. of L. clavis, a nail: seedavtis.] One 
of the perforating fibers, described by Sharpey, 
vented in the midi 
especiallv in German, 
square pianoforte ' ' 
iddle ages, and in general use, clavicymbalum (klav-i-sim'ba-lum). n.; pi. clavomastoideua (kla'vo-mas-toi'de-us), n.; 
;rmany, until displaced by the </ciryi6/a (-1&). [ML. : see clavecin.] Same pi. darimuwtoidei (-i). [NL., < cUiv(icula) + 
te at the end of the eighteenth as zSJES, mufoUbu.] Same as clidomastoideus. 
clavotrapezius (kla'v6-tra-p6'zi-u8), n. ; pi. 
clarotraiif:ii (-1). [NL., < clar(icula) + trape- 
sius.] An anterior or cervical portion of the 
