v. t.
v. t.
That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make appeal; to cry out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high
Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A kind of small black perch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. lepre leprosy, F. lèpre, L. leprae, lepra, fr. Gr.
a. Affected or tainted with leprosy. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To affect with leprosy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous. “The leperous distillment.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. millepeda; mille a thousand + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. mille-pieds. ] (Zool.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm.
n. [ Russ. sliepets'. ] (Zool.) A burrowing rodent (Spalax typhlus), native of Russia and Asia Minor. It has the general appearance of a mole, and is destitute of eyes. Called also
p. p. [ AS. geclipod, p. p. of clipian, cleopian, cliopian, to call. See Clepe, and also the Note under Y-. ] Called; named; -- obsolete, except in archaic or humorous writings.
It is full fair to ben yclept madame. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
But come, thou goddess fair and free.
In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Those charming little missives ycleped valentines. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]