the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To move with the sound of a click.
(2):
(v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
(3):
(v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
(4):
(v. t.) To snatch.
(5):
(n.) The latch of a door.
(6):
(n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
(7):
(n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
(8):
(n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Click'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/click.html. 1828.
