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   Cloud , n. [Prob. fr. AS. clūd a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.]
   A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, suspended in the upper atmosphere.
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   I do set my bow in the cloud.
   Gen. ix. 13.
   
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   ☞ A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.
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   A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. “A thick cloud of incense.” 
   Ezek. viii. 11.
   
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   A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.
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   That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.
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   A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. “So great a cloud of witnesses.” 
   Heb. xii. 1.
   
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   A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head.
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   Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.
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   Title , n. [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. Tilde, Titrate, Titular.]
   An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.
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   The inscription in the beginning of a book, usually containing the subject of the work, the author's and publisher's names, the date, etc.
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   (Bookbindng) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
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   A section or division of a subject, as of a law, a book, specif. (Roman & Canon Laws), a chapter or division of a law book.
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   An appellation of dignity, distinction, or preeminence (hereditary or acquired), given to persons, as duke marquis, honorable, esquire, etc.
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   With his former title greet Macbeth.
   Shak.
   
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   A name; an appellation; a designation.
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   (Law) (a) That which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title. (b) The instrument which is evidence of a right. (c) (Canon Law) That by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
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   (Anc. Church Records) A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
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   Title deeds (Law), the muniments or evidences of ownership; as, the title deeds to an estate.
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   Syn. -- Epithet; name; appellation; denomination. See epithet, and Name.
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   Title , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Titled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Titling .] [Cf. L. titulare, F. titrer. See Title, n.] To call by a title; to name; to entitle.
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   Hadrian, having quieted the island, took it for honor to be titled on his coin, “The Restorer of Britain.”
   Milton.
   
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