Club

n. [ Cf. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbufōir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump. ] 1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded with the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs;
Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club. ] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. [ 1913 Webster ]

They talked
At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Goldsmith ] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. [ 1913 Webster ]

They laid down the club. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]

Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. - [ 1913 Webster ]

Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. --
Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short “club” or “jack yard” to increase its spread. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream
Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. [ 1913 Webster ]

The owl, the raven, and the bat,
Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) To drift in a current with an anchor out. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [ Humorous. ] [ Also spelled clubable. ] G. W. Curtis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who clubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of a club. [ R. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Rude; clownish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [ R. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A large, heavy fist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [ Obs. ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]