Definition of Clashers

1. clasher [n] - See also: clasher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clashers

clarsach
clarsachs
clart
clarted
clartier
clartiest
clarting
clarts
clarty
clary
clary sage
clas
clash
clashed
clasher
clashers (current term)
clashes
clashier
clashiest
clashing
clashingly
clasht
clashy
clasmatocyte
clasmatosis
clasp
clasp-knife
clasp-knife effect
clasp-knife rigidity
clasp-knife spasticity

Literary usage of Clashers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Antique Greek Dance, After Sculptured and Painted Figures by Maurice Emmanuel (1916)
"The Curetes (clashers).—The ancient writers disagree as to the origin of the Pyrrhic, but all arc in accord regarding the most ancient of all the dances in ..."

2. The Golden Fleece and the Heroes who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum (1921)
"I have sailed as far as that passage, but seeing The clashers strike together I turned back my ship, and journeyed as far as the Sea of Pontus overland. ..."

3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Edward Burnett Tylor (1871)
"If Maui passed through the entrance of Night and returned to Day, death should not hold mankind ; if the Argo passed the clashers, the way should 1 ..."

4. The Russian Road to China by Lindon Wallace Bates (1910)
"when the fever crisis is at hand, so that the cymbal- clashers, the drum-beaters, and the prayer-wailers may assemble, and by these holy noises and a ..."

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