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Rh Clinkers. c. the Irons Felons wear in Goals.

Clip, to hug or embrace. To clip and cling, of a close hug or fast embrace. To Clip the Coin, to diminish or Impair it. To clip the King's English, not to Speak Plain, when one's Drunk.

Clod-hopper, c. a Plough-man.

Clodpate, a heavy, dull Fellow.

Close, reserv'd, silent, not talkative, or open.

Close-confident, a trusty Bosom-friend.

Close-fisted, covetous, stingy, pinching.

Clotts, or thick dropps of Bloud clottered or in clots.

Cloud, c. Tobacco. Will ye raise a Cloud, e. shall we Smoke a Pipe?

Clouds, or Cloudy-Sky, in opposition to clear open Sky; as Clouds in Gemms and Stones, to clear ones; and Clouded Fate, to a clear pleasant one. Under a Cloud, in disgrace, under misfortunes or disasters; Speaks in the Clouds, of one that flies or soars in Talking above the common reach or capacity.

Cloudy, dark complexiond.

Clout, c. a Handkerchief.

Cloy, c. to Steal. Cloy the Clout, c. to Steal the Hankerchief. Cloy the Lour, c to Steal the Money; also, in another Sense, to Cloy, is to Nauseate or Satiate.

Cloyers, c. Thieves, Robbers, Rogues.

Cloying, c. Stealing, Thieving, Robbing; also Fulsom or Satiating.

Clowes, c. Rogues.

Clown, a Country-Fellow, also one very Ill-bred or unmannerly, Being.

Clownish, rustical, unpolish'd, uncouth.

Club, each Man's particular Shot, also a Society of Men agreeing to meet according to a Scheme of Orders under a slight Penalty