Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Variants of clad, preterit of clothe.

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Examples

  • It cir-cled its unremarkable but benign star as it had for eons, out of the way and unnoticed, its distinctive denizens living out their lives in contentment and in'difference to the rest of the universe.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • Gulls and cormorants cir - cled overhead, their cries echoing eerily off the cliff walls.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • The warmth that infused him drew back, and the light that encir - cled the blade faded.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • Shamus had been with him on that journey to the Barbacan, when the goblins had encir - cled them, closing in.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • Shamus had been with him on that journey to the Barbacan, when the goblins had encir - cled them, closing in.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • Forcing herself to stroll, she cir-cled the wagon.

    The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993

  • At some distance it dipped a wing, circled gracefully to the left, came about, and cir - cled above the village, high and tiny in the sun.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The monster's hands completely encir - cled her, binding her arms to her sides so that all she could move was her head and her feet.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • At some distance it dipped a wing, circled gracefully to the left, came about, and cir - cled above the village, high and tiny in the sun.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

  • The trail disap - peared short of the hill, but Wingover made left and cir - cled around it, his eyes roving the landscape.

    The Gates of Thorbardin Parkinson, Dan 1990

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