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60 DICTIONARY OF AVIATION

clouded 'kLau-did adj. coverd, surrounded, or obscured by

clouds. cloud-embrace 'kiLaud-in^bzees n. the embrace of the

clouds.

cloud-enveloped 'ktaud-in/vetept adj. [also spelt cloudten- velopt] envelopt or wrapt in cloud; cloud^wrapt ; cloud* coverd.

cloud-field / ki,aod / fiild n. an expanse of clouds. cloud-film 'ktaod,fihn n. a filmy mass of cloud. cloud-firing 'kz.aud,fai-zirj n. the firing of cannon in at- tempts at rain^making or warding off hailstorms, etc. cloud-fitting 'kz.aod^iting adj. fitting the clouds. cloud-flake 'ksLaud,fi,eek n. a flake or fleck of cloud; a bit

of cloud^rack. cloud-flecked 1Laod,fz-ekt adj. [also spelt cloudtflect]

showing flecks or small patches of cloud. cloud-floe 'k3Laud,fjLOO n. a clotukmass resembling or likend

to an ice-floe.

cloud-fold 'kLaud,foold n. a fold of cloud. cloud-form 'ktauo^ferzm n. a form of cloud; cloud^shape. cloud-formation 'ktaud-fez,mee-$9n n. the formation or

genesis of cloud. cloudful 'ktaod-fal adj. foil of clouds; cloudy; clouded;

dark. cloud-gate 'kz.aod,geet n. a gate or pass betiueen hills or

premontories thru which clouds are moved by the day and

night winds. cloud-girt 'ktaod^Bizt adj. girt or wrapt with cloud; cloud?

coverd. cloud-gloom 'ktaud^loum n. gloom or gloominess due to

clouds. cloud-hung 'ktaudJiArj adj. hung or suspended in or en the

the clouds : as, *cloud?hung navies. cloudily 'ktau-di-li adv. in a cloudy manner; with clouds;

darkly. cloud-image 'kz.aod / imid3 n. the image of a cloud, as in a

nefoscope. cloudiness 'ktao-di-nis n. the state of' being cloudy or

clouded.

scale of cloudiness, the scale or gradation series by

ichich the proportion of cloudiness to clear spaces, for a

given area of the earth's surface, is exprest; a cloud^scale. clouding 'ktao-dirj n. the appearance of cloudiness; clouded

or cloudy aspect or condition.

cloud-island 'ktaod^i-tend n. a mass of cloud which re- sembles an island; an isolated cloucUmass.

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