in the sea-language, a kind of slight caulking used at sea, in a prospect of foul weather, about the poits: it consists in driving a little oakum into their seams, to prevent the water coming in at them.

CLINIC, a term applied by the ancient church-his- torians to those who received baptism on their death- bed.

CLINIC Medicine, was particularly used for the method of visiting and treating sick persons in bed, for the more exact discovery of all the symptoms of their disease.