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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLUB, n.
1. Properly, a stick or piece or wood with one end thicker and heavier than the other, and no larger than can be wielded with the hand.
2. A thick heavy stick, that may be managed with the hand, and used for beating, or defense. In early ages, a club was a principal instrument of war and death; a fact remarkably perpetuated in the accounts 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 royalty.
3. The name of one of the suits of cards; so named from its figure.
4. A collection or assembly of men; usually a select number of friends met for social or literary purposes. Any small private meeting of persons.
5. A collection of expenses the expenses of a company, or unequal expenses of individuals, united for the purpose of finding the average or proportion of each individual. Hence the share of each individual in joint expenditure is called his club, that is, his proportion of a club, or joint charge.
6. Contribution; joint charge.
CLUB, v.i.
1. To join, as a number of individuals, to the same end; to contribute separate powers to one end, purpose or effect.
Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream
Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.
2. To pay an equal proportion of a common reckoning or charge.
CLUB, v.t.
1. To unite different sums of expense, in a common sum or collection, to find the average, that each contributor may pay an equal share.
2. In common parlance, to raise or turn uppermost the britch or club of a musket; as, the soldiers clubbed their muskets.

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]
2: 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]
3: stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
4: a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" [syn: clubhouse, club]
5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: golf club, golf-club, club]
6: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it; "he led a small club"; "clubs were trumps"
7: a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot] v
1: unite with a common purpose; "The two men clubbed together"
2: gather and spend time together; "They always club together"
3: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]
4: gather into a club-like mass; "club hair"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba; akin to Old High German kolbo club Date: 13th century 1. a. a heavy usually tapering staff especially of wood wielded as a weapon b. a stick or bat used to hit a ball in any of various games c. something resembling a club 2. a. a playing card marked with a stylized figure of a black clover b. plural but singular or plural in construction the suit comprising cards marked with clubs 3. a. an association of persons for some common object usually jointly supported and meeting periodically; also a group identified by some common characteristic <nations in the nuclear club> b. the meeting place of a club <lunch at the club> c. an association of persons participating in a plan by which they agree to make regular payments or purchases in order to secure some advantage d. nightclub e. an athletic association or team 4. club sandwich • clubbish adjective II. verb (clubbed; clubbing) Date: 1593 transitive verb 1. a. to beat or strike with or as if with a club b. to gather into a club-shaped mass <clubbed her hair> 2. a. to unite or combine for a common cause b. to contribute to a common fund intransitive verb 1. to form a club ; combine 2. to pay a share of a common expense 3. nightclub

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon etc. 2 a stick used in a game, esp. a stick with a head used in golf. 3 a a playing-card of a suit denoted by a black trefoil. b (in pl.) this suit. 4 an association of persons united by a common interest, usu. meeting periodically for a shared activity (tennis club; yacht club). 5 an organization or premises offering members social amenities, meals and temporary residence, etc. 6 an organization offering subscribers certain benefits (book club). 7 a group of persons, nations, etc., having something in common. 8 = CLUBHOUSE. 9 a structure or organ, esp. in a plant, with a knob at the end. --v. (clubbed, clubbing) 1 tr. beat with or as with a club. 2 intr. (foll. by together, with) combine for joint action, esp. making up a sum of money for a purpose. 3 tr. contribute (money etc.) to a common stock. Phrases and idioms: club-class a class of fare on aircraft etc. designed for the business traveller. club-foot a congenitally deformed foot. club-footed having a club-foot. club-man (pl. -men) a member of one or more clubs (in sense 5 of n.). club-root a disease of cabbages etc. with swelling at the base of the stem. club sandwich US a sandwich with two layers of filling between three slices of toast or bread. in the club Brit. sl. pregnant. on the club colloq. receiving relief from the funds of a benefit society. Derivatives: clubber n. Etymology: ME f. ON klubba assim. form of klumba club, rel. to CLUMP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Debating De*bat"ing, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. Debating society or club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Club Club, v. i. 1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite. Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream. --Dryden. 2. To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution. The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. --Swift. 3. (Naut.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

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. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel. But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. --Shak. 2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure. 3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. --Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. --Macaulay. 4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund. They laid down the club. --L'Estrange. We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. --Pepys. Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. --Addison. Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short ``club'' or ``jack yard'' to increase its spread.

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 to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. --Farrow. 3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. 4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(clubs, clubbing, clubbed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis. ...the Chorlton Conservative Club. ...a youth club... He was club secretary. N-COUNT 2. A club is a place where the members of a club meet. I stopped in at the club for a drink. N-COUNT: oft poss N 3. A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions. ...Liverpool football club. N-COUNT 4. A club is the same as a nightclub. It's a big dance hit in the clubs. ...the London club scene. N-COUNT 5. A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf. ...a six-iron club. = golf club N-COUNT 6. A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon. Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home. N-COUNT 7. To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon. Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats... Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong. VERB: V n, V n to n 8. Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ?. ...the ace of clubs. N-UNCOUNT-COLL • A club is a playing card of this suit. The next player discarded a club. N-COUNT

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

klub.

See ARMOR, III, 1; SHEPHERD; STAFF.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Bludgeon, cudgel. 2. Association, society, company, set, fraternity, sodality, cotérie. II. v. n. 1. Form a club, unite in a club. 2. Co-operate, unite together, act in concert, club together. 3. Contribute, unite to share expenses, make a common purse. III. v. a. 1. combine, unite, add together, aggregate. 2. Average, defray by shares, lump. 3. Beat (with a club), cudgel.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A meeting or association, where each man is to spend an equal and stated sum, called his club.

Moby Thesaurus

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