Found 1 hit - Term: clack dish, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clack \clack\, n. cf. f. claque a slap or smack, mhg. klac
crack, w. clec crack, gossip. see clack, v. t.
1. a sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by
striking an object.
1913 webster
2. anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a
mill, or a clack valve.
1913 webster
3. continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.
1913 webster
whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack.
--south.
1913 webster
clack box mach., the box or chamber in which a clack
valve works.
clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by
beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. --shak.
1913 webster
clack door mining, removable cover of the opening through
which access is had to a pump valve.
clack valve mach., a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge,
which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking
sound.
1913 webster
see also:
clack clack box clack dish clack door clack valve
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