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a. Opposed to slavery. -- n. Opposition to slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris ear + lavare to wash. ] An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. Gr. a'yto`s self + L. clavis key. ] 1. A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a device used for sterilizing objects by exposing them to steam at above atmospheric pressure (and thus at a temperature above the normal boiling point of water). It consists of a closed chamber able to withstand internal pressure, and a means of passing superheated steam into the chamber. Autoclaves are made in various sizes, and are much used in hospitals and research laboratories to render instruments and equipment sterile. [ PJC ]

n. close-fitting and woolen and covers all of the head but the face.
Syn. -- balaclava helmet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To enslave. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beslavered p. pr. & vb. n. Beslavering. ] To defile with slaver; to beslobber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a vitamin that maintains the resistance of cell and capillary walls to permeation; -- called also vitamin P and citrin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Slovakia. Population (2000) = 446, 600. [ PJC ]

A human skull reported, by Prof. J. D. Whitney, as found in 1886 in a Tertiary auriferous gravel deposit, lying below a bed of black lava, in Calaveras County, California. It is regarded as very doubtful whether the skull really belonged to the deposit in which it was found. If it did, it indicates an unprecedented antiquity for human beings of an advanced type. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. clava club. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [ See Illust. of Antennae. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Cleave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The harpsichord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Clevis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Clavate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior sort of soda, E. clavate. ] (Old Chem.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Clover. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [ Scot. & North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of fungi parasitic upon the ovaries of various grasses.
Syn. -- genus Claviceps. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string. ] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef. ] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter &unr_;, and is situated just above the first rib on either side of the neck. In birds the two clavicles are united ventrally, forming the merrythought, or wishbone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. clavicorne. ] (Zool.) Having club-shaped antennæ. See Antennæ -- n. One of the Clavicornes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. claviculaire. See Clavicle. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. clavis key. ] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Clavier (&unr_;) is the German name for a pianoforte. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. clava club + -form. ] (Bot.) Club-shaped; clavate. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry. ] One who carries a club; a club bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry. ] One who carries the keys of any place. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a club or a key. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Claves E. Clavises [ L. ] A key; a glossary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a nail. ] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Clavies [ Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch. ] (Arch.) A mantelpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle. ] 1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista. ] One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + lavare to wash. ] A wash for cleaning the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To free from bondage or slavery; to disenthrall. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall disenslave and redeem his soul. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. in + clavus a nail. ] A tract of land or a territory inclosed within another territory of which it is independent. See Exclave. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. enclaver. ] To inclose within an alien territory. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The state of being an enclave. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enslaved p. pr. & vb. n. Enslaving. ] To reduce to slavery; to make a slave of; to subject to a dominant influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conquer'd, also, and enslaved by war,
Shall, with their freedom lost, all virtue lose. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being enslaved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of reducing to slavery; state of being enslaved; bondage; servitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fresh enslavement to their enemies. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who enslaves. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. enclave by substitution of ex- for en- ] A portion of a country which is separated from the main part and surrounded by politically alien territory. [ Recent. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The same territory is an enclave in respect to the surrounding country and an exclave with respect to the country to which it is politically attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. flavus yellow + E. aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flavescens, p. pr. of flavescere to turn yellow. ] Turning yellow; yellowish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flavicomus; flavus yellow + coma hair. ] Having yellow hair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]