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DICTIONARY OF AVIATION 59

cloud-capped 'kz.aod,kaept adj. [also spelt cloudfcapt] capt with clouds; having a cap or hood of clouds about its sum- mit.

cloud-castle 'kLaod,ka:-s3l n. a castle in the clouds; an air? castle.

cloud-chart 'kz,aod,t$a:zt n. a chart or daily wether^map showing the kinds, quantities, and motions of the clouds over a given area; a cloud^map.

cloud-chaser . 'kz,aod,t$ee-s3z n. an airship which chases the clouds.

cloud-checking 'kLaod,t$ekir) adj. checking, halting or stepping the course of the clouds.

cloud-cleaver 'kz,aod,kz.ii-v3z . one 'who cleaves or breaks thru the clouds.

  • loud-cliff 'kLaod,kz,if n. a cliff or bank of clouds; a cloud?

wall.

cloud-cloak 'kz,aud,kz,ook n. a cloak or covering of clouds.

cloud-compacted 'kL-aud-ksm'paektid adj. compacted or crowded with clouds: clouded.

cloud-compeller 'kz.aud-k3m,pel3z n. one who compels, or dominates over, the clouds; one who collects or drives to- gether the clouds; an epithet of Zeus in Homer.

cloud-compelling 'ktaud-k3m,pehr| adj. collecting or driv- ing together the clouds : applied to Zeus.

cloud-control 'ktaud-kan^ipol n. control or mastery of the clouds.

cloud-covered 'kz,aod,kAv3zd adj. [also spelt cloudtcoverd] coverd by clouds; cloudswrapt.

cloud-crammed 'kz,aod,k3aemd adj. [also spelt cloudtcramd] cramd or crowded with clouds; cloud^pact.

cloud-curtain 'ktaud,ki3ztn n. a curtain fermd of cloud; a screen of cloud.

cloud-dispelling 'kz,aod-di,spelirj adj. dispelling or driving away the clouds; cloud^dispersing.

cloud-disperser 'kz,aod-di'spszs9z n. one who disperses the clouds; a cloud^scatterer.

cloud-dividing 'ktaod-di/vai-dii] adj. dividing or parting the clouds; cloud^separating.

cloud-dodging 'ktaud/ledsir) n. the action or practis of dodging or evading clouds.

cloud-drift 'ktaud^rift n.

1. irregular, drifting clouds; cloudsrack; a mass of drift- ing cloud.

2. the drift or drifting motion of clouds. cloud-eclipsed / ktaod-i / ktipst adj. [also spelt cloudseclipstl

echpst by a cloud; cloucUobscured.

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