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2. To chirp, without necessarily implying the idea of a melancholy note, S.
_Ferguson._
3. To be peevish, to be habitually complaining, S.
Belg. _kerm-en_, lamentari, quiritari, Isl. _jarmr_, vox avium, garritus.
~Chyrme~, _s._ Note, applied to birds.
_Douglas._
_To_ CHIRT, _v. a._
1. To squeeze, to press out, S.
_Douglas._
2. To act in a griping manner; also, to squeeze or practise extortion, S.
CHIT, _s._ A small bit of bread, or of any kind of food, S.
_To_ CHITTER, _v. n._
1. To shiver, to tremble, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To chatter. The teeth are said to _chitter_, when they strike against each other, S.
Teut. _tsitter-en_, Germ. _schutt-ern_, to quiver.
CHITTER-LILLING, _s._ An opprobrious term.
_Dunbar._
Perhaps the same as E. _chitterlin_, the intestines.
_To_ CHIZZEL, _v. a._ To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B. _Chouse_, E.
Belg. _kweezel-en_, to act hypocritically.
CHIZZARD.
V. ~Kaisart~.
CHOKKEIS, pronounced _chouks_, _s. pl._ The jaws, properly the glandular parts under the jaw-bones, S.
V. ~Chukis~.
_Wallace._
Isl. _kalke_, _kialke_, maxilla, the jaws, _kuok_, gula, faux bruti.
~Chok-band~, _s._ The small strip of leather by which a bridle is fastened around the jaws of a horse, S.
CHOL, CHOW, _s._ The jole or jowl.
_Evergreen._
A. S. _ceole_, faucis, _ceolas_, fauces, the jaws.
_Cheek for chow_, S. cheek by jole.
_Ramsay._
CHOLER, CHULLER, CHURL, _s._ A double-chin, S.
_Journal Lond._
CHOLLE, _s._ Perhaps the chough.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
_To_ CHORK.
V. ~Chirk~.
_To_ CHORP, _v. n._ To emit a creaking sound, Loth.
CHOSS, _s._ Choice.
_Barbour._
CHOUKS.
V. ~Chokkis.~
CHOW, _s._ The jowl.
V. ~Chol~.
CHOWPIS, _pret. v._ Chops about.
_Douglas._
CHOWS, _s. pl._ A smaller kind of coal, much used in forges, S.; perhaps from Fr. _chou_, the general name of coal.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CHOWTLE, CHUTTLE, _v. n._ To chew feebly, as a child, or an old person does, S.
Isl. _jodla_, infirmiter mandere.
CHRYSTISMESS, _s._ Christmas.
_Wallace._
CHUCKIE, _s._ A low or cant term for a hen, S.
Belg. _kuyken_, a chicken.
~Chuckie-Stane~, _s._
1. A small pebble, S.
Teut. _keyken_, a small flint; if not from the circumstance of such stones being swallowed by domestic fowls.
2. A game, used by girls, in tossing up, and catching pebbles as they fall, is called the _Chuckie-stanes_.
CHUF, _s._ Clown.
_Maitland Poems._
Evidently the same with _Cufe_, q. v.
CHUK, _s._ Asellus marinus.
_Sibbald._
CHUKIS, _s. pl._ Apparently, a swelling of the jaws.
_Gl. Complaynt._
A. S. _ceacena swyle_, faucium tumor.
CHUM, _s._ Food, provision for the belly, Clydes. _Scaff_, synon.
CIETEZOUR, _s._ A citizen.
_Bellenden._
CYGONIE, _s._ The stork.
_Burel._
Fr. _cicogne_, id.
CYNDIRE, _s._ A term denoting ten swine.
_Forrest Lawe._
_To_ CIRCUMJACK, _v. n._ To correspond with, W. Loth.
CYSTEWS, _s. pl._ Cistertian monks; Fr. _Cistaws_.
_Wyntown._
CITHARIST, _s._ The harp.
_Houlate._
CITHOLIS, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Houlate._
L. B. _citola_, Fr. _citole_, an instrument with cords.
CLAAICK, CLAWICK, _s._ The autumnal feast, or harvest-home, Aberd.; synon. _Maiden_. When the harvest is early finished, it is called the _Maiden Claaick_; when late, the _Carlin Claaick_.
CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called the _kirk-town_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
From Gael. _clachan_, "a circle of stones;" as churches were erected in the same places, which, in times of heathenism, had been consecrated to Druidical worship.
CLACK, _s._ The clapper of a mill, S.
Teut. _klack_, sonora percussio.
CLAES, _pl._ Clothes.
V. ~Claith~.
CLAG, CLAGG, _s._
1. An incumbrance, a burden lying on property; a forensic term, S.
_Dallas._
2. Charge, impeachment of character; fault, or imputation of one, S.
_Ritson._
Teut. _klaghe_, accusatio; Dan. _klage_, a complaint, a grievance. Or perhaps rather from the same origin with E. _clog_; q. what lies as a _clog_ on an estate.
_To_ CLAG, _v. a._ To clog by adhesion, S.
_Wallace._
Dan. _klaeg_, viscous, glutinous, sticky; Isl. _kleggi_, massa compacta.
~Claggy~, _adj._ Unctuous, adhesive, bespotted with mire, S.
V. the _v._
~Claggock~, _s._ "A dirty wench," Gl. Sibb.
_Lyndsay._
CLAHYNNHÉ, CLACHIN. _s._ Clan or tribe of people living in the same district.
_Wyntown._
Gael., Ir. _clan_, id. Moes. G. _klahaim_, children.
CLAYIS, _s. pl._ Clothes, S.
V. ~Claith~.
_To_ CLAIK, _v. n._
1. To make a clucking noise, as a hen does, especially when provoked, S.
2. To cry incessantly, and impatiently, for any thing, S.
3. To talk a great deal in a trivial way, S.; to _clack_, E.
4. To tattle, to report silly stories, S.
Isl. _klak-a_, clango, avium vox propria; _klack-a_, to prattle; Su. G. _klaek_, reproach.
~Claik~, _s._
1. The noise made by a hen, S.
Isl. _klak_, vox avium.
2. An idle or false report; S.
_Morison._
CLAIK, CLAKE, _s._ The bernacle; Anas erythropus (mas) Linn.
_Bellenden._
It seems to have been supposed, that this goose received its name from its _claik_, or the noise which it makes.
CLAIR, _adj._
1. Distinct, exact, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. _clair_, evident, manifest, Lat. _clarus_.
2. Ready, prepared, S. B. _clar_, Orkn.
Dan. _klar_, id.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ CLAIR, _v. a._ To beat, to maltreat.
_Polwart._
_Clearings_ is used metaph. both for scolding, and for beating, Clydes.
CLAISE, Clothes.
V. ~Claith~.
CLAITH, CLAYTH, _s._ Cloth, S., Westmorel.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
_Clais_, _claise_, _claes_, S. pl. Westmorel., also Cumb.
A. S. _clath_, cloth; _clatha_, Isl. Su. G. _klaede_, clothes.
_To_ CLAIVER, _v. n._ To talk idly or foolishly.
V. ~Claver~.
CLAM, _adj._
1. Clammy, S. Belg. _klam_, id.
2. Smooth; as "_clam_ ice," S. B.
CLAM, CLAM-SHELL, _s._ A scallop shell, S. Ostrea opercularis, Linn.
_Sibbald._
Probably from O. Fr. _clame_, a pilgrim's mantle; as these shells were worn on the cape of their mantles, or on their hats, by those who had made a pilgrimage to Palestine, as a symbol of their having crossed the sea.
CLAMS, _s. pl._
1. Strong pincers used by ship-wrights, for drawing large nails, S. B.
2. A vice, generally made of wood; used by artificers for holding any thing fast, S.
3. The instrument, resembling a forceps, employed in weighing gold.
_Shirrefs._
Belg. _klemm-en_, arctare; to pinch.
CLAMEHEWIT, CLAW-MY-HEWIT, _s._
1. A stroke, a drubbing, S.
_Ferguson._
2. A misfortune, Ang.
Qu. _claw my heved_, or head, scratch my head; an ironical expression.
_To_ CLAMP UP, CLAMPER, _v. a._ To patch, to make or mend in a clumsy manner, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
Germ. _klempern_, metallum malleo tundere; _klempener_, one who patches up toys for children.
_To_ CLAMP, CLAMPER, _v. n._ To make a noise with the shoes in walking, S.
~Clamp~, _s._ A heavy footstep or tread.
_Ferguson._
CLANK, _s._ A sharp blow that causes a noise, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _klanck_, clangor.
_To_ ~Clank~, _v. a._ To give a sharp stroke, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ ~Clank~ _down_, _v. a._ To throw down with a shrill sharp noise.
_Melvill's MS._
CLANK, _s._ A catch, a hasty hold taken of any object, S. _Claught_, synon.
_Ross._
_To_ CLAP ~the~ HEAD, To commend; conveying the idea of flattery, S.
_Ramsay._
CLAP, _s._ A stroke; _Dedis clap_, the stroke of death.
_Douglas._
Belg. _klap_, a slap, a box on the ear.
CLAP, _s._ A moment; _in a clap_, instantaneously.
_Baillie._
The idea is, a clap of the hand; for _handclap_ is used, S. B.
CLAP _of the hass_, the vulgar designation for the uvula, S.; synon. _pap of the hass_.
CLAP, _s._ A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations through a town, instead of a drum or hand-bell, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
Teut. _klepp-en_, pulsare, sonare; Belg. _klep_, a clapper.
~Clapman~, _s._ A public crier, S.
Belg. _klapperman_, a watchman with a clapper.
CLAPPERS, _s. pl._ Holes intentionally made for rabbits to burrow in, either in an open warren, or within an inclosure.
Fr. _clapier_, id. Su. G. _klapper_, lapides minuti et rotundi.
CLARCHE PIPE.
_Watson's Coll._
CLARE, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, S.
_Douglas._
CLAREMETHEN. According to the law of _claremethen_, any person who claims stolen cattle or goods is required to appear at certain places
## particularly appointed for this purpose, and prove his right to them, S.
_Skene._
From _clare_, clear, and _meith_, a mark.
CLARGIE, CLERGY, _s._ Erudition.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _clergie_, id. from Lat. _clericus_.
_To_ CLARK, _v. a._ To act as amanuensis, S.
_To_ CLART, _v. a._ To dirty, to foul, S. _Clort_, Perths.
~Clarts~, _s. pl._ Dirt, mire, any thing that defiles, S.
Hence,
~Clarty~, _adj._ Dirty, nasty, S. _Clorty_, Perths.
_Maitland Poems._
_Clart._ To spread or smear. _Clarty_; smear'd; A. Bor.
_To_ CLASH, _v. n._
1. To talk idly, S.
_Cleland._
2. To tittle-tattle, to tell tales, S.
Germ. _klatschen_, id.; _klatcherey_, idle talk.
~Clash~, _s._
1. Tittle-tattle, prattle, S.
_Satan's Invis. World._
2. Vulgar fame, the story of the day, S.
_Burns._
_To_ CLASH, _v. a._ To pelt, to throw dirt, S.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _klets-en_, resono ictu verberare; Dan. _klatsk-er_, to flap.
~Clash~, _s._ A blow, a stroke, S.
Germ. _klatch_, id.
CLASH, _s._ A heap of any heterogeneous substances, S.
Isl. _klase_, rudis nexura, quasi congelatio.
CLASH, _s._ A cavity of considerable extent in the acclivity of a hill, S.
CLASPS, _s. pl._ An inflammation of the termination of the sublingual gland, a disease of horses, Border.
_Watson._
CLAT, _s._ Used as synon. with _clod_.
_Z. Boyd._
Teut. _klotte_, _kluyte_, id. gleba, massa.
_To_ CLAT, CLAUT, _v. a._
1. To rake together dirt or mire, S.
2. To rake together, in a general sense, S.
Su. G. _kladd_, filth.
3. To scrape, to scratch any thing together.
_Burns._
~Clat~, ~Claut~, _s._
1. An instrument for raking together dirt or mire, S.
2. A hoe, as employed in the labours of husbandry, S.
3. The act of raking together, as applied to property.
4. What is scraped together by niggardliness, S.
_Burns._
_To_ CLATCH, _v. a._
1. To daub with lime, S.; _harle_, synon.
2. To close up with any adhesive substance.
Isl. _kleose_, _kleste_, lino, oblino.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any thing thrown for the purpose of daubing.
Isl. _klessa_, any thing that bedaubs.
_To_ CLATCH, SKLATCH, _v. a._ To finish any piece of workmanship in a careless and hurried way, without regard to the rules of art, S.
~Clatch~, _s._ Any piece of mechanical work done in a careless way, S.
CLATH, CLAITH, _s._ Cloth, S.
V. ~Claith~.
_To_ CLATT, _v. a._ To bedaub, to dirty, S. _Clate_, to daub, A. Bor.
~Clattie~, _adj._ Nasty, dirty, S. _Claity_, id., Cumb.
_Z. Boyd._
Su. G. _kladd_, sordes, _kladd-a sig ned_, se vestesque suas inquinare; Belg. _kladd-en_, to daub, _kladdig_, dirty.
_To_ CLATTER, _v. a._
1. To prattle, to act as a tell-tale, S.
_Dunbar._
2. To chat, to talk familiarly, S.
Teut. _kletter-n_, concrepare.
~Clatter~, _s._
1. An idle or vague rumour, S.
_Hudson._
2. Idle talk, frivolous loquacity, S.
_J. Nicol._
3. Free and familiar conversation, S.
_Shirrefs._
~Clatterer~, _s._ A tale-bearer, S.
_Lyndsay._
~Clattern~, _s._ A tattler, a babbler, Loth.
_Ramsay._
CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A village in which there is a church.
V. ~Clachan~.
CLAUCHT, _pret._ Snatched, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _klaa_, unguibus veluti fixis prehendere. This may be viewed as the pret. of the _v._ ~Cleik~, q. v.
~Claucht~, ~Claught~, _s._ A catch or seizure of any thing in a sudden and forcible way, S.
_Ross._
_To_ CLAVER, _v. a._
1. To talk idly, or in a nonsensical manner, S. pron. _claiver_.
_Ramsay._
2. To chat, to gossip, S.
_Morison._
Germ. _klaffer_, garrulus.
~Claver~, ~Claiver~, _s._ Frivolous talk, prattle, S.
_Ramsay._
CLAVER, CLAUIR, _s._ Clover, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _claefer_, Belg. _klaver_, id. from A. S. _cleafan_, to cleave, because of the remarkable division of the leaves.
CLAW, _s._ A kind of iron spoon for scraping the bake-board, Ang.
Teut. _klauw-en_, scalpere, _klauwe_, rastrum.
_To_ CLAY, CLAY UP, _v. a._ To stop a hole or chink by any unctuous or viscous substance, S.
_Ferguson._
CLEAVING, _s._ The division in the human body from the _os pubis_ downwards, S.
V. ~Clof~.
_Ramsay._
Isl. _klof_, femorum intercapedo.
_To_ CLECK, _v. a._ To hatch.
V. ~Clek~.
CLECKIN-BROD, _s._ A board for striking with at hand-ball, Loth. _Baw-brod_, i. e. ball-board, synon.
Isl. _klecke_, leviter verbero.
_To_ CLEED, CLEITH, _v. a._
1. To clothe, S.
_Burns._
2. Metaph. applied to foliage.
_Ferguson._
3. Used obliquely, to denote the putting on of armour.
_Acts Marie._
4. To seek protection from.
_Spalding._
Isl. Su. G. _klaed-a_, Germ. _kleid-en_, Belg. _kleed-en_, Dan. _klaed-er_, id.
~Cleeding~, ~Cleading~, _s._ Clothing, apparel, S.
Germ. _kleidung_, id.
_Ramsay._
~Cled Score~, A phrase signifying twenty-one in number, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Qu. _clothed_ with one in addition.
CLEG, GLEG, _s._ A gad-fly, a horse-fly. It is pronounced _gleg_, S. B. _cleg_, Clydes. A. Bor. id.
_Hudson._
Dan. _klaeg_, id. tabanus.
CLEIK, _adj._ Lively, agile, fleet, Loth.
V. ~Cleuch~, _adj._
_To_ CLEIK, CLEK, CLEEK, _v. a._ To catch as by a hook, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To lay hold of, after the manner of a hook, S.
3. To seize, in whatever way, whether by force, or by fraud, S.
_Lyndsay._
4. _To cleik up_, obliquely used, to raise, applied to a song.
_Peblis to the Play._
Isl. _hleik-ia_, to bind with chains.
~Cleik~, ~Clek~, _s._
1. An iron hook.
_Acts Ja. I._
2. A hold of any object, S.
3. The arm, metaph. used.
_A. Nicol._
Isl. _klakr_, ansa clitellarum, _hleck-r_, an iron chain.
~Cleiky~, _adj._ Ready to take the advantage, inclined to circumvent, S.
~Cleiks~, _s. pl._ A cramp in the legs, to which horses are subject.
_Montgomerie._
CLEYNG, Perhaps, a dark substance.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
_To_ CLEK, CLEKE, _v. a._
1. To hatch, to produce young by incubation, S.
_Bellenden._
2. To bear, to bring forth, S.
_Douglas._
3. To hatch, as applied to the mind, S.
_Ramsay._
4. To feign.
_Maitland Poems._
Su. G. _klaeck-a_, Isl. _klek-ia_, excludere pullos.
~Cleckin~, _s._
1. A brood of chickens, S.
2. Metaph. a family of children, S.
CLEKET, _s._ The tricker of an engine.
_Barbour._
E. _clicket_, the knocker of a door, Fr. _cliquet_, id.
_To_ CLEM, _v. a._
1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.
2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also to _clem up_, S.
A. S. _cleam-ian_, id.
_To_ CLEP, CLEPE, _v. a._ To call, to name.
_Wallace._
A. S. _cleop-an_, _clyp-ian_, vocare.
~Clep~, _s._ A more solemn form of citation, used especially in criminal cases.
_Skene._
_To_ CLEP, _v. n._
1. To act the tell-tale, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To chatter, to prattle; especially, as implying the idea of pertness, S.
Belg. _klapp-en_, to tattle, to betray.
~Clep~, _s._ Tattle, pert loquacity, S.
Belg. _ydele klap_, idle chat.
CLERGY.
V. ~Clargie~.
CLERK-PLAYIS, _s. pl._ Properly, those theatrical representations the subjects of which were borrowed from Scripture.
_Calderwood._
CLETT, _s._ A projecting rock or cliff, Caithn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _klett-ur_, rupes mari imminens.
CLEUCH, CLEUGH, (gutt.) _s._
1. A precipice, a rugged ascent, S. B. _Heuch_, synon.
_Wallace._
Ir. _cloichs_; a rock.
2. A strait hollow between precipitous banks, or a hollow descent on the side of a hill, S.
_Evergreen._
A. S. _clough_, rima quaedam vel fissura ad montis clivum vel declivum.
CLEUCH, _adj._
1. Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S. B.
2. Niggardly and severe in dealing, S. B.
Isl. _klok-r_, callidus, vafer; Germ. _klug_, id.
CLEUCK, CLUKE, _s._
1. A claw or talon.
_Lyndsay._
2. Used figuratively for the hand. Hence _cair-cleuck_, the left hand, S. B.
_Morison._
Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G. _klo_, Teut. _klauwe_, a claw or talon.
_To_ ~Cleuck~, ~Cleuk~, _v. a._ To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.
_Forbes._
CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.
_Barbour._
_Cleue_ seems to be the same with Germ. _kleve_, A. S. _clif_, clivus.
_To_ CLEVER, _v. n._ To climb, to scramble. A. Bor. id.
_King's Quair._
Teut. _klaver-en_, _klever-en_, sursum reptare unguibus fixis, Isl. _klifr-a_, id.
CLEVERUS, _adj._ Clever.
V. ~Cleuch~.
CLEVIS, Leg. _clevir_, i. e. clover.
_Maitland Poems._
_To_ CLEW, _v. n._ To cleave, to fasten.
Teut. _klev-en_, id.
_Wyntown._
CLEWIS, _s. pl._ Claws, talons.
V. ~Cleuck~.
_Douglas._
CLIBBER, CLUBBER, _s._ A wooden saddle, a packsaddle, Caithn. Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _klifberi_, clitellae, from _klif_, fascis, sarcina, and _beri_ portator.
CLICK-CLACK, _s._ Uninterrupted loquacity, S.
From E. _click_ and _clack_, both expressive of a sharp successive noise; or Teut. _klick-en_, crepitare, _klack-en_, verberare resono ictu.
CLIFT, _s._ A spot of ground, S.
A. S. _cliof-an_, to cleave, because parted from the rest.
_To_ CLINCH, CLYNSCH, _v. n._ To limp, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _link-a_, claudicare.
~Clinch~, _s._ A halt, S.
CLINK, _s._ A smart stroke or blow, S.
_Hamilton._
Teut. _klincke_, id.; alapa, colaphus.
CLINK, _s._ Money; a cant term, S.
_Burns._
From the sound; Teut. _klinck-en_, tinnire.
_To_ CLINK, _v. a._ A term denoting alertness in manual operation, S.
_To_ ~Clink on~, _v. a._ To clap on.
_Ramsay._
_To_ ~Clink up~, _v. a._ To seize any object quickly and forcibly, S.
If not radically the same with the v. _cleik_, with _n_ inserted; allied perhaps to Dan. _lencke_ a chain, a link, q. _gelencke_.
CLINT, _s._ A hard or flinty rock. Gl. Sibb. "_Clints_. Crevices amongst bare lime-stone rocks, North." Gl. Grose.
Hence,
~Clinty~, ~Clynty~, _adj._ Stony, Loth.
Su. G. _klint_, scopulus.
_Douglas._
CLIP, _s._
1. probably borrowed from a sheep newly shorn or _clipped_.
_Evergreen._
2. A colt of a year old.
_Buchan._
_To_ CLIP, CLYP, _v. a._
1. To embrace.
_King's Quair._
2. To lay hold of in a forcible manner.
_Douglas._
3. To grapple in a sea-fight.
_Wallace._
A. S. _clipp-an_, _clypp-ian_, to embrace.
~Clips~, ~Clippys~, _s. pl._
1. Grappling-irons, used in a sea-fight.
_Wallace._
2. An instrument for lifting a pot by its ears, S.; or for carrying a barrel.
_Ramsay._
3. Hooks for catching hold of fish, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
CLIPPIE, _s._ A talkative woman, S. Gl. Sibb.
From Teut. _kleps_, dicax, or the E. v. _clip_.
CLIPPS, CLIPPES, _s._ An eclipse.
_Bannatyne Poems._
~Clips~, _pres. v._ Suffers an eclipse.
_Complaynt S._
CLYRE, _s._
1. "A _clyre_ in meat," a gland, S.
Teut. _kliere_, id.
2. "To leave no _klyres_ in one's breast," to go to the bottom of any quarrel or grudge, S.
~Clyred~, _adj._ Having tumours in the flesh.
_Cleland._
CLISH-CLASH, _s._ Idle discourse, bandied backwards and forwards, S. apparently a reduplication of _clash_, q. v.
CLISH-MA-CLAVER, _s._ Idle discourse, silly talk, S.; a low word.
_Ramsay._
CLITTER-CLATTER, _s._ Idle talk, bandied backwards and forwards, S.
V. ~Clatter~, _s._ and _v._
_Cleland._
CLIVACE, _s._ A hook for catching the bucket in which coals are drawn up from the pit, Loth.
CLOCE.
V. ~Close~.
CLOCHARET, _s._ The Stonechatter, S. Motacilla rubicola, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
Gael. _cloichran_, id. from _cloich_, a stone, and perhaps _rann_, a song.
_To_ CLOCHER, _v. n._ To cough; especially as indicating the sound emitted, when there is much phlegm in the throat, S.
Gael. _clochar_, wheezing in the throat, Shaw.
_To_ CLOCK, CLOK, _v. n._
1. To cluck, to call chickens together.
_Douglas._
A. S. _clocc-an_, Teut. _klock-en_, glocire.
2. To hatch, to sit on eggs, S.
_Kelly._
CLOCK-BEE, _s._ A species of beetle, _fleeing golach_, synon.
CLOD, _s._ A flat kind of loaf, made of coarse wheaten flour, and sometimes of the flour of pease, S.
_Shirrefs._
Qu. resembling a _clod_ of earth.
CLOFF, _s._
1. A fissure of any kind.
2. What is otherwise S. called the _cleaving_.
Lat. intercapedo.
_Lyndsay._
3. A cleft between adjacent hills, Loth.
4. The cleft of a tree, or that part of it where the branches separate from each other, Loth.
Isl. _kloff_, Su. G. _kloffwa_, a fissure.
CLOIS, _s._ Crown.
_Douglas._
Teut. _klos_, globus.
CLOYS, _s._ A cloister.
_Douglas._
Teut. _kluyse_, clausura, locus clausus, L. B. _clusa_.
CLOIT, _s._ A clown, a stupid inactive fellow, S.
Teut. _kloete_, homo obtusus, hebes.
_To_ CLOIT, _v. n._ To fall heavily, S.
_Hamilton_.
Belg. _klots-en_, to beat with noise.
~Cloit~, _s._ A hard or heavy fall, S.
_To_ CLOK, _v. n._ To cluck.
V. ~Clock~.
CLOLLE, _s._ Apparently, skull.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Germ. _kleuel_, glomus.
CLORTY, _adj._ Dirty.
V. ~Clarty~.
CLOSE, _s._ A passage, an entry, S. _cloce_, Douglas.
_Arnot._
Belg. _kluyse_, clausura.
CLOSERIS, CLOUSOURIS, _s. pl._ Inclosures.
_Douglas._
CLOVE, (_of a mill_) _s._ That which separates what are called the bridgeheads, S.
V. ~Cloff~.
~Cloves~, _s. pl._ An instrument of wood, which closes like a vice, used by carpenters for holding their saws firm while they sharpen them, S.
V. ~Cloff~.
CLOUYS, _s. pl._ Claws.
_Douglas._
_To_ CLOUR, CLOWR, _v. a._
1. To cause a tumour, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To produce a dimple, S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
~Clour~, _s._
1. A lump, a tumour, in consequence of a stroke or fall, S.
_S. P. Repr._
2. A dint caused by a blow, S.
_To_ CLOUT, _v. a._ To beat, to strike, properly with the hands, S.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _klots-en_, pulsare.
~Clout~, _s._ A cuff, a blow, S.
_Ritson._
_To_ CLOW, _v. a._ To beat down, Galloway.
CLOWE, _s._ A hollow between hills.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
The same with _Cleugh_, q. v. also _Cloff_.
CLOWIS, _s. pl._ Small round pieces.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _cleow_, Teut. _klouwe_, sphaera.
CLOWIT, _part. pa._ "Made of clews, woven." Rudd.
_Douglas._
Teut. _klouwe_, glomus.
CLOUSE, CLUSH, _s._ A sluice, S.
_Acts Ja. IV._
Fr. _ecluse_, id. Arm. _clewz_, a ditch.
CLUBBER, _s._
V. ~Clibber~.
CLUBBOCK, _s._ The spotted Blenny; a fish, Blennius gunnellus, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
CLUF, CLUIF, _s._
1. A hoof, Rudd., _clu_, S. B.
Su. G. _klof_, ungula.
2. A claw, Rudd.
Teut. _kluyve_, unguls.
CLUKIS.
V. ~Cleuck~.
CLUMMYN, _part. pa._ of _Climb_.
_Douglas._
CLUMP, _s._ A heavy inactive fellow, S.
Su. G. _klump_, Teut. _klompe_.
CLUNG, _part. pa._ Empty, applied to the stomach or belly after long fasting, S.
From E. _cling_, to dry up.
_Ross._
_To_ CLUNK, _v. n._ To emit a hollow and interrupted sound, as that proceeding from any liquid confined in a cask, when shaken, if the cask be not full, S.
Dan. _glunk_, the guggling of a narrow-mouthed pot or strait-necked bottle when it is emptying; Sw. _klunk-a_, to guggle.
CLUNKERS, _s. pl._ Dirt hardened in clots, so as to render a road, pavement, or floor unequal, S.
Germ. _clunkern_, a knot or clod of dirt.
CLUTE, _s._ The half of the hoof of any cloven-footed animal, S.
_Ramsay._
Germ. _cluft_, fissura, or A. S. _cleofed_, fissus.
CLUTTERING, _part. pr._ Doing any piece of business in an awkward and dirty way, S. B.
Teut. _kleuter-en_, tuditare.
COALS, _To bring over the coals_, to bring to a severe reckoning, S.
_Forbes._
Referring, most probably, to the ordeal by fire.
COBLE, KOBIL, _s._
1. A small boat, a yawl, S.
A. S. _couple_, navicula.
_Wyntown._
2. A larger kind of fishing boat, S.
3. _Malt coble_, a place for steeping malt, in order to brewing, S.
Germ. _kubel_, a vat or tub.
_To_ COBLE, _v. a._ To steep malt.
_Fountainhall._
COBWORM, _s._ The larva of the Cock-chaffer, Scarabaeus melolontha.
_Statist. Acc._
COCK, _s._ The mark for which _curlers_ play, S.
_Burns._
COCK, _s._ A cap, a head-dress, S. B.
_Ross._
COCK AND PAIL, A spigot and faucet, S.
COCKALAN, _s._ A comic or ludicrous representation.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Fr. _coq à l'âne_, a libel, a pasquin, a satire.
COCKANDY, _s._ The Puffin, Alca arctica, Linn. S. _Tommy-noddy_, Orkn.
_Sibbald._
COCKERDEHOY. _To ride cockerdehoy_, to sit on the shoulders of another, in imitation of riding on horseback, S. B.
Fr. _coquardeau_, a proud fool.
COCKERNONNY, _s._ The gathering of a young woman's hair, when it is wrapt up in a band or fillet, commonly called a _snood_, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _koker_, a case, and _nonne_, a nun, q. such a sheath for fixing the hair as the nuns were wont to use.
COCKERSUM, _adj._ Unsteady in position, threatening to fall or tumble over, S.
Fr. _coquarde_, a cap, worn proudly on the one side.