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CluckCluck Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n.
Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken,
glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
--Ray. Cluck
Cluck Cluck, v. t.
To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her
chickens.
She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked
three to the wars. --Shak.
CluckCluck Cluck, n.
1. The call of a hen to her chickens.
2. A click. See 3d Click, 2. CluckedCluck Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n.
Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken,
glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
--Ray. CluckingCluck Cluck, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked; p pr. & vb. n.
Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken,
glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen.
--Ray. Clucking
Clucking Cluck"ing, n.
The noise or call of a brooding hen.
Happy-go-luckyHappy Hap"py, a. [Compar. Happier; superl. Happiest.]
[From Hap chance.]
1. Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate;
successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy
expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments
than the causes of them. --Boyle.
2. Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the
feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of
enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace,
tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours,
happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord. --Ps.
cxliv. 15.
The learned is happy Nature to explore, The fool is
happy that he knows no more. --Pope.
3. Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in
a in a rejoinder. --Swift.
Happy family, a collection of animals of different and
hostile propensities living peaceably together in one
cage. Used ironically of conventional alliances of persons
who are in fact mutually repugnant.
Happy-go-lucky, trusting to hap or luck; improvident;
easy-going. ``Happy-go-lucky carelessness.' --W. Black. LuckierLucky Luck"y, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
`` Lucky wight.' --Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious. LuckiestLucky Luck"y, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
`` Lucky wight.' --Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious. LuckilyLuckily Luck"i*ly, adv. [From Lucky.]
In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; -- used in a
good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury. Luckiness
Luckiness Luck"i*ness, n.
1. The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of
a man or of an event.
2. Good fortune; favorable issue or event. --Locke.
LucklessLuckless Luck"less, a.
Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky;
meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless
gamester; a luckless maid.
Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. --Dryden.
-- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n. LucklesslyLuckless Luck"less, a.
Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky;
meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless
gamester; a luckless maid.
Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. --Dryden.
-- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n. LuckyLucky Luck"y, a. [Compar. Luckier; superl. Luckiest.]
1. Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or
good fortune; -- said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer.
`` Lucky wight.' --Spenser.
2. Producing, or resulting in, good by chance, or
unexpectedly; favorable; auspicious; fortunate; as, a
lucky mistake; a lucky cast; a lucky hour.
We doubt not of a fair and lucky war. --Shak.
Syn: Successful; fortunate; prosperous; auspicious. Lucky proachLucky proach Luck`y proach" (Zo["o]l.)
See Fatherlasher. lucky proachFather-lasher Fa"ther-lash`er, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the
sculpin; -- called also lucky proach. Misluck
Misluck Mis*luck", n.
Ill luck; misfortune.
PluckPluck Pluck, n.
1. The act of plucking; a pull; a twitch.
2. [Prob. so called as being plucked out after the animal is
killed; or cf. Gael. & Ir. pluc a lump, a knot, a bunch.]
The heart, liver, and lights of an animal.
3. Spirit; courage; indomitable resolution; fortitude.
Decay of English spirit, decay of manly pluck.
--Thackeray.
4. The act of plucking, or the state of being plucked, at
college. See Pluck, v. t., 4.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The lyrie. [Prov. Eng.] Plucked
Plucked Plucked, a.
Having courage and spirit. [R.]
Plucker
Plucker Pluck"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, plucks.
Thou setter up and plucker down of kings. --Shak.
2. A machine for straightening and cleaning wool.
Plucker tube
Plucker tube Pl["u]ck"er tube [So named after Julius
Pl["u]cker, a German physicist.] (Physics)
(a) A vacuum tube, used in spectrum analysis, in which the
part through which the discharge takes place is a
capillary tube, thus producing intense incandescence of
the contained gases.
(b) Crookes tube.
Plucker tubeGeissler tube Geis"sler tube` (Elec.)
A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and
containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes
luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it;
-- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is
called also Pl["u]cker tube, from the German physicist who
devised it. Pluckily
Pluckily Pluck"i*ly, adv.
In a plucky manner.
Pluckiness
Pluckiness Pluck"i*ness, n.
The quality or state of being plucky.
Pluckless
Pluckless Pluck"less, a.
Without pluck; timid; faint-hearted.
PotluckPotluck Pot"luck`, n.
Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for
a meal.
A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. --G.
Eliot.
To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be
provided. To pluck a crowCrow Crow, n. [AS. cr?we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D.
kraai, G. kr?e; cf. Icel. kr?ka crow. So named from its cry,
from AS. cr?wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus,
having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It
has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C.
corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus.
See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion.
2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron
used as a lever; a crowbar.
Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my
cell. --Shak.
3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.
Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
Crow blackbird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird (Quiscalus
quiscula); -- called also purple grackle.
Crow pheasant (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common
coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See
Coucal.
Crow shrike (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genera
Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from
Australia.
Red-legged crow. See Crough.
As the crow flies, in a direct line.
To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a
difference or grievance (with any one). To strike one luck (c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
U.S.]
To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To strike out.
(a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
out sparks with steel.
(b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. ``To methodize is
as necessary as to strike out.' --Pope.
(c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
(d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
v. i.
To strike sail. See under Sail.
To strike up.
(a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. ``Strike up the
drums.' --Shak.
(b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike. To take potluckPotluck Pot"luck`, n.
Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for
a meal.
A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on. --G.
Eliot.
To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be
provided.
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