Club definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLUB, n. 1. Properly, a stick or piece or wood with ... and used for beating, or defense. In early ages, a club was a principal instrument of war and death; a fact ... which history relates of the achievements of Hercules with his club. Plin. Lib. 7. Song 56. This use of the club was the origin of the scepter, as a badge of ... share of each individual in joint expenditure is called his club, that is, his proportion of a club, or joint ...
club moss definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club- shaped strobiles [syn: club moss, club-moss, lycopod] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1597 any of ... plants (as ground pine) often with the sporangia borne in club-shaped strobili Britannica Concise Any of about 200 species of ... horn moss (L. clavatum), ground cedar (L. complanatum 'flabelliforme'), shining club moss (L. lucidulum), fir club moss (L. selago), ground ...
Club root definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Club Club, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf?ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. ...
Club law definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Club Club, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf?ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. ...
Club topsail definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Club Club, n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf?ir a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.] 1. ...
To club a musket definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Club Club, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clubbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.] 1. To beat with a club. 2. (Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer ... contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. 4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional ...
country club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a suburban club for recreation and socializing Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1867 a suburban club for social life and recreation; especially one having a golf course Webster's 1913 Dictionary Country club Coun"try club A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a ...
golf club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a club of people to play golf 2: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: golf club, golf-club, club] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (golf clubs) 1. A golf club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece ...
social club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a formal ... association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today" [syn: club, social club, society, guild, gild, lodge, order] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (social clubs) A social club is a club where members go in order to meet each other ...
Club-shaped definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLUB-SHAPED, a. Shaped like a club; growing thicker towards the top; clavated. WordNet (r) 3.0 ... some playing cards 2: shaped in the form of a club that is larger at one end Webster's 1913 Dictionary Club-shaped Club"-shaped, a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the ...
country-club definitions Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1894 1. typical, characteristic, or suggestive of a country club < a country-club atmosphere > < a country-club prison > 2. having qualities (as affluence) associated with the members of a country club < a country-club conservative >
Hercules'-club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: densely spiny ... ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis] 2: small deciduous clump-forming tree or ... States [syn: American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: densely ... ornamental of southeastern United States and West Indies [syn: Hercules'-club, Hercules'-clubs, Hercules-club, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1847 ...
yacht club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: club that promotes and supports yachting and boating [syn: yacht club, boat club] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1834 a club organized to promote and regulate yachting and boating
golf-club head definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball [syn: golf-club head, club head, club-head, clubhead]
ball club definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a team ... of professional baseball players who play and travel together; "each club played six home games with teams in its own division" [syn: baseball club, ball club, club, nine]