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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.

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.

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

club
     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}, {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: {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 occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new
        roof" [syn: {clubhouse}]
     5: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball [syn: {golf
        club}, {golf-club}]
     6: a playing card in the minor suit of clubs (having 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}, {nightspot}]
     [also: {clubbing}, {clubbed}]

club
     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: {bludgeon}]
     [also: {clubbing}, {clubbed}]