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The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on
hevene.

Chaucer.

Clomp (?), n. See
Clamp.

Clong (?), imp. of
Cling. [Obs.]

Clon"ic (?), a. [Gr.
klo`nos a violent, confused motion; cf. F.
clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular,
convulsive motion. Dunglison.

Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under
Spasm.

Cloom (?), v. t. [A variant of
clam to clog.] To close with glutinous matter.
[Obs.] Mortimer.

Cloop (?), n. [An
onomatopœia.] The sound made when a cork is forcibly
drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched
from a bottle." Thackeray.

Close (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Closed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of
clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G.
schliessen to shut, and to E. clot,
cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice.


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