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[ Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine). ] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. claudens, p. pr. of claudere to shut. ] Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [ R. ] Jonson [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. claudicans, p. pr. of claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame. ] Limping. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. claudicatio. ] A halting or limping. [ R. ] Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of &unr_; rhetorical period, close, fr. claudere to shut, to end. See Close. ] 1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document. [ 1913 Webster ]

The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Letters clause or Letters close, under Letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. LL. claustralis, fr. L. claustrum. See Cloister. ] Cloistral. Ayliffe [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Claustra. [ L., a bolt or bar. ] (Anat.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a. [1913 Webster]

a. [ From L. clausula. See Clause, n. ] Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. clausura. See Closure. ] The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [ R. ] Geddes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ From OE. disclaundre, n., for sclandre, esclandre, OF. esclandre. See Sclaundre, Slander. ] To injure one's good name; to slander. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not closing or shutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L. ] (Internat. Law) Lit., closed sea; hence, a body of water within the separate jurisdiction of the nation; -- opposed to open sea (mare liberum), the water open to all nations and over which no single nation has special control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Diplomacy), A clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. It is used most frequently in treaties regarding the terms of trade between countries, as regarding tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

There was a “most-favored-nation” clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. A. R. Colquhoun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A clause sometimes inserted in contracts or specifications, requiring that a material of construction, as cement, must be of a brand that has stood the test of a specified number of years' use in an important public work. [ Cant, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]