Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume C2. Clatter; confused noise. Swift. Clut"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.] To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room. Clut"ter, v. i. To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Clut"ter, v. t. [From Clod, n.] To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland. Clydes"dale (?), n. One of a breed of heavy draft horses originally from Clydesdale, Scotland. They are about sixteen hands high and usually brown or bay. Clydesdale terrier. One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears. Clyp`e·as"troid (?), a. [NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side. Clyp"e·ate (?), a. [L. clupeatus, p. p. of clupeare to arm with a shield, fr. clupeus, clipeus shield.] 1. (Bot.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate. 2. (Zoöl.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell. Clyp"e·i·form` (?), a. [L. clupeus shield + -form.] Shield-shaped; clypeate. Clyp"e·us (?), n.; pl. Clypei (#). [L., a shield.] (Zoöl.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect. |