Isl.keikr, recurvus,keik-a, recurvi; as referring to the form of thecaulker.
CAWLIE,s.A contemptuous name for a man, S.; pron. like E.cowl.Cleland.
CAZARD,s.Apparently, an emperor, or Caesar; as the latter is sometimes writtenCaser.Chron. S. Poet.
CAZZIE,s.A sort of sack or net made of straw, S. B.V.Cassie.
ToCEIRS, SERS,v. a.To search.Douglas.
Fr.cherch-er, Ital.cerc-are, id.
CELICALL,adj.Heavenly, celestial.Douglas.
CENCRASTUS,s.A serpent of a greenish colour, having its speckled belly covered with spots resembling millet-seeds.Watson's Coll.
Fr.cenchrite, Lat.cenchrus, id.
CEST, CESSIT,pret.Seized.Wallace.
CH.
Words, of Goth. origin, whether S or E., beginning withch, sounded hard, are to be traced to those in the Germ. or Northern languages that havek, and in A. S.c, which has the same power withk.
ToCHACK,v. n.To clack, to make a clinking noise, S.Cleland.
ToCHACK,v. a.To cut or bruise any part of the body by a sudden stroke; as when the sash of a window falls on the fingers, S.
E.check. Teut.kack-en,kek-en, increpare; synon. S. B.Chat, q. v.
CHACK, CHATT,s.A slight repast, taken hastily, S.
Q. acheckfor hunger.
CHACK, CHECK,s.The Wheat-ear, a bird, Orkn. Motacilla oenanthe, Linn.V.Stane-Chacker.Barry.
Nearly the same with the last part of its Germ. name,stein schwaker.
CHACKARALLY,s.Apparently some kind of checkered or variegated cloth.Watson's Coll.
CHACKE-BLYND-MAN,s.Blind man's buff.Bp. Forbes.
Jockie-blind-man, Angus, id.
CHACKLOWRIE,s.Mashed cabbage, mixed amongst barley-broth, Aberd.
CHAD,s.Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of a river, S. B.
Teut.kade, litus, ora.
Chaddy,adj.Gravelly; as,chaddy ground, that which chiefly consists of gravel, S.
ToCHAFF,v. n.To chatter, to be loquacious, Loth.
Teut.keff-en, gannire, latrare.
CHAFTIS, CHAFTS,s. pl.Chops, S.A. Bor.chafts.Peblis to the Play.
Su. G.kiaeft,kaeft, Isl.kiaft-ur, the jaw-bone. A. Bor.chafts,chefts, id. Hence also E.chops.
Chaft-Blade,s.The jaw-bone, S.
Chaft-Talk,s.Talking, prattling, Aberd. fromchaftandtalk.Poems Buchan Dial.
ToCHAIPE,v. n.To escape.Wallace.
Fr.eschapp-er, Ital.scapp-are, id.
CHAIPES, CHAPIS,s. pl.Price, rate, established value of goods.Acts Ja. I.
A. S.ceap, price; fromceap-an, to buy.
ToCHAISTIFIE,v. a.To chastise.Bellenden.
ToCHAK,v. a.To check.Wallace.
Chak,s.The act of checking, stop.V.Char.
ToCHAK,v. n.1. To gnash, to snatch at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.Douglas.2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.3.To chak to, to shut with a sharp sound.Bellenden.
CHAKIL,s.The wrist.V.Shackle-Bane.Watson's Coll.
CHALANDRIE,s.Probably, imitations of singing birds.Burel.
Fr.calandre, a species of lark.
CHALDRICK, CHALDER,s.The name given in the Orkney Islands to the Sea-pie, Hoematopus ostralegus, Linn.Statist. Acc.
Isl.tialldur, id. Pennant's Zool.
CHALMER,s.Chamber.Douglas.
Chalmer-Glew,s."Chambering, secret wantonness," Gl. Sibb.V.Glew.
CHALOUS, Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 11.V.Cholle.
CHAMBERERE,s.A chamberlain.
Fr.chambrier, id.
King's Quair.
CHAMBRADEESE,s.A parlour; a name still used by some old people, Fife.V.Deis.
Fr.chambre au dais, a chamber with a canopy.
ToCHAMP,v. a.To chop, to mash, S.Chomp, Lancash., to cut things small.
Germ. Belg.kapp-en, id.
Godscroft.
CHAMPIT,adj.Having raised figures, imbossed, diapered.Palice of Honour.
Teut.schamp-en, radere, scalpere.
CHANCY,adj.1. Fortunate, happy, S.Douglas.
Fr.chanceaux, id.
2. Foreboding good fortune, S. Any person or thing viewed as inauspicious, is said to beno chancy, S.Ross.
CHANDLER, CHANLER,s.A candlestick, S.Ramsay.
Fr.chandelier, a branch for holding candles, used obliquely. Grose mentionschaundler.
Chanler-Chafted,adj.Lantern-jawed; having chops like achandleror candlestick, S. B.Journal Lond.
CHANNEL,s.Gravel, S. (synon.chad) perhaps fromchannel, the bed of a river.V.Chingle.
Channelly,adj.Gravelly, S.Statist. Acc.
ToCHANNER,v. n.To fret, to be in a chiding humour, S.Minstrelsy Border.
CHANOS,adj.Gray.V.Canois.Douglas.
CHANTERIS,s. pl.Laics endowed with ecclesiastical benefices.Bannatyne Poems.
CHAP,s.1. A fellow; a contemptuous term; sometimeschappie, or "littlechap," S.Burns.2. Likechield, it is also applied to a female, S. B.Ross.
Su. G.kaeps,keips,kaebs, homo servilis conditionis.
ToCHAP,v. a.1. To strike with a hammer, or any instrument of similar use, S.
Teut.kapp-en, incidere; Belg.schopp-en, to strike, Sewel.
ToChaphands, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S.
2. To chop, to cut into small pieces, S.
Teut.kapp-en, conscindere minutim.
ToChapaff, to strike off.
Su. G.kapp-a, to amputate.
ToChap,v. n.1. To strike: "the knock'schappin," the clock strikes, S.2.To chap at a door, to knock, to rap, S.Sir Egeir.
Chap,Chaup,Choppe, s.1. A stroke of any kind, a blow, S.Burns.
Teut.kip, ictus; Moes. G.kaupat-jan, colaphos ingerere.
2. A tap or rap, S.Minstrelsy Border.Z. Boyd useschoppein the same sense.
Chapping-Sticks,s.Any instrument which one uses for striking with, S.Kelly.
ToCHAP, CHAUPout, CHAUPS,v. a.1. To fix upon any person or thing by selection, S. Hence the phrase,Chap ye, chuse ye.Ramsay.2. Suddenly to embrace a proposal made in order to a bargain; to hold one at the terms mentioned, S.
Belg.kipp-en, to choose; which seems only a secondary sense of the v. in Teut. as signifying to lay hold of.
Chap,s.The act of choosing;Chap and choice, great variety, S. B.Ross.
CHAP,s.A shop.Many.
CHAPIN,s.Chopin, a quart, S.Shirrefs.
CHAPYT,V.Chaipe.
CHAPMAN,s.A pedlar, a hawker, S., a merchant, O. E.Statist. Acc.
A. S.ceapman, Sw.koepman, a merchant.
CHAR,s.Carriages.Barbour.
Fr.char, a waggon, a car.
ToCHAR,v. a.1. To stop.Douglas.2.To char by, to turn aside.Douglas.
A. S.cerr-an, to turn, to turn from, divertere.
CHAR.On char, to a side.Douglas.
A. S.cerre, turning, bending, winding.
ToCHAR,Char doute. Perhaps, "murmur distrust."Barbour.
A. S.cear-ian, to complain, to murmur.
CHARBUKILL,s.1. A carbuncle.Douglas.2. An ulcer.Polwart.
Fr.escarboucle,carboucle, the pestilent botch or sore, termed a carbuncle.
CHARD,pret.V.Chier.
CHARE,s.A chariot.Douglas.
Fr.char, id.
CHARE,s.Care, charge.Ross.
Like E.charie, from A. S.car, cura, orcearig, solicitus.
CHARGES,s. pl.Rents.Buik of Discipline.
Fr.charge, pension, rente.
CHARLEWAN, CHARLEWAYNE,s.The constellationUrsa Major, also called the Plough, S.Douglas.
A. S.carleaswagn, Su. G.karlwagn, Dan.karlvogn.
CHARNAILL BANDIS,s. pl.Strong hinges used for massy doors or gates, riveted, and often having a plate, on each side of the gate, S.centre-hinges, E.Wallace.
Fr.charniere, a hinge, a turning joint.
CHARRIS.V.Char,v.
CHASBOL, CHESBOL, CHESBOWE,s.Poppy.Complaynt S. Douglas.
CHASE,s. Brak a chase, perhaps, begun a pursuit.Knox.
CHASS,s.Case, condition.Wallace.
ToCHASTY,v. a.To chastise, to correct.Barbour.
Fr.chasti-er, id.
ToCHAT,v. a.To bruise slightly, S.; synon.chack.
CHAT THE, "Hang thyself;" Rudd.Douglas.
CHAUDMELLÉEacute;,s.A sudden broil or quarrel.Skene.
Fr.chaude, hot, andmeslée,melée, broil.
CHAUD-PEECE,s.Gonorrhoea.
Fr.chaude-pisse, id.
Polwart.
ToCHAW,v. a.1. To fret, to gnaw.Douglas.2. To provoke, to vex, S.
O. F.chaloir, to put in pain.
CHEATS, CHITS,s.The sweet-bread.Chits and nears, a common dish in S. i. e. kidneys and sweet-breads.Watson's Coll.
CHECK,s.A bird.V.Chack.
CHEEK-BLADE,s.The cheek-bone. S.Cleland.
CHEESE-HAKE,s.A frame for drying cheeses when newly made, S.V.Hake.
CHEESE-RACK,s.The same withCheese-hake, S.Ferguson.
ToCHEIM,v. a.To divide equally; especially in cutting down the backbone of an animal, S. B.
Apparently corr. from the E. v.chine, used in the same sense, fromchine, the backbone. Fr.eschin-er, id.
ToCHEIP, CHEPE,v. n.1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S.Cheepe, O. E.Complaynt S.2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.Godscroft.3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.Bannatyne Poems.4. To creak, S.
Isl.keyp-a, vagire puerorum;keipar, puerorum vagitus.
Cheip,s.This admits of the same various significations as thev.S.
Cheiper,s.The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.
ToCHEIPS,v. a.To buy or sell.Maitland Poems.
A. S.ceap-an, emere, vendere.
ToCHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,1. To choose.Fordun.2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.Sir Tristrem.
Moes. G.kes-an, A. S.ceos-an, Belg.kies-en, Su. G.kes-a, id. Chauc.chese.
CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. readchekis.
CHEK,s.1. Cheek.Douglas.2. The post of a gate.Douglas.
CHEKER, CHECKER,s.The exchequer.Stat. Rob. III.
CHELIDERECT,s.A kind of serpent.Burel.
Fr.chelydre, Lat.chelydrus, id.
CHEMAGÉ.V.Chemys.Wallace.
Chemes hie, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.
CHEMER,s.A loose upper garment.V.Chymour.Barbour.
CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS,s.A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.Baron Courts.
O. Fr.chefmez,chefmois, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B.caput mansi.
CHENYIE, CHENYÉ,s.A chain.Complaynt S.
CHENNONIS,s. pl.Canons belonging to a cathedral.Houlate.
ToCHEPE,v. n.To chirp.V.Cheip.
CHESBOW,s.The poppy.V.Chasbol.
ToCHESE,v. a.To choose.V.Cheis.
CHESYBIL,s.An ecclesiastical dress, O. E.chesuble, a short vestment without sleeves.Wyntown.
L. B.casubla, Fr.casuble, id. a little cope.
CHESS,s.The frame of wood for a window, a sash, S.
Fr.chassis, id.
ToCHESSOUN,v. a.To subject to blame, to accuse.Priests of Peblis.
Fr.achoisonn-er, id.
CHESSOUN, CHESOWNE,s.Blame, accusation, exception.Priests of Peblis.
Fr.achoison, accusation.
CHESTER,s.The name given to a circular fortification in some parts of S.Statist. Acc.
Lat.castra, adopted into A. S. in the form ofceaster, a fort, a castle.
CHESWELL,s.A cheese-vat.Kelly.
CHEVERON,s.Armour for a horse's head.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
L. B.chamfrenum, Du Cange; Fr.chanfrain,chanfrein.
CHEVIN,part. pa.Succeeded, prospered.Maitland Poems.
Fr.chevir, to obtain, also to make an end.
CHEWAL,adj.Distorted.V.ShevelandShowl.Dunbar.
CHEWALRY,s.1. Men in arms, of whatever rank.Barbour.2. Courage, prowess in arms.Barbour.
Fr.chevalerie, knighthood, transferred to armed men without distinction. It also signifies prowess.
Chewalrous,adj.Brave, gallant.Barbour.
O. Fr.chevaleureux, illustris, nobilis.
Chewalrusly,adv.Bravely, gallantly.Barbour.
ToCHEWYS,v. a.To compass, to achieve, to accomplish.Barbour.
Chewysance,Chewysans,s.Acquirement, provision, means of sustenance.Wallace.
ToCHICK,v. n.To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S.
Teut.kick-en, mutire, minimam vocem edere.
CHICKENWORT,s.Chickweed, S. Alsine media, Linn.
Fromchickenandwort, an herb.
CHIEL,CHIELD,s.1. A servant.Chamber-cheil, a servant who waits in a gentleman's chamber, a valet.Pitscottie.
Su. G.kullt, a boy,kulla, a girl,kulle, offspring. OrChild, q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E.CheildorCheeld.
2. A fellow, used either in a good or bad sense, although more commonly as expressive of disrespect, S.Ramsay.3. A stripling, a young man, S. It is applied indifferently to a young man or woman, S. B.Ross.4. An appellation expressive of fondness, S. B.Ross.
ToCHIER, CHEIR,v. a.To cut, to wound.Chr. Kirk.
A. S.scear-an,scer-an, tondere. Cheard, which occurs in the same stanza, seems to be the pret. of thev.
CHIERE,s.Chair.King's Quair.
CHILD, CHYLD,s.A servant, a page.Wallace.In O. E., a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honour of knighthood.
A. S.cild; like L.infans, Fr.enfant, Hisp.infant, transferred to the heir apparent of a sovereign.
Childer,pl.Children, S. Lancash.
A. S.cildru, pueri.
Wallace.
CHILD-ILL,s.Labour, pains of child-bearing.Barbour.
CHYMES, s. A chief dwelling.V.Chemys.
CHYMOUR,Chymer,s.A light gown, E.cymar.Maitland Poems.
Fr.chamarre, a loose and light gown. Ital.ciamare, Belg.samare.
CHIMNEY, CHIMLEY,s.A grate, S.Burrow Lawes.
Corn.tschimbla, a chimney.
Chimley-brace,s.The mantle-piece, S.
Chimla-lug,s.The fire-side, S.
CHINE,s.The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.Acts Cha. I.
Isl.kani, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson.Chine, however, may be corr. from E.chime,chimb, id., especially as Teut.kieme, andkimme, signify margo vasis; and Su. G.kim, extremum dolii.
CHINGLE,s.Gravel, S.V.Channel.Statist. Acc.
Chingily,adj.Gravelly, S.Statist. Acc.
ToCHIP, CHYP,v. n.1. A bird is said to bechipping, when it cracks the shell. A. Bor. id.2. To break forth from a shell or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.Douglas.3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.Minstrelsy Border.4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S. O.
Belg.kipp-en, to hatch, to disclose.
CHYRE,s.Cheer, entertainment.Dunbar.
ToCHIRK, JIRK, JIRG, CHORK,v. n.1. To make a grating noise, S.Popular Ball.To chirk with the teeth, also actively,to chirk the teeth, to rub them against each other, S.2. Used to denote "the noise made by the feet when the shoes are full of water," S.Ramsay.
A. S.cearc-ian, crepitare, stridere, to gnash, to creak; Chaucer, tochirke.
ToCHIRME,v. n.1. Used to denote the mournful sound emitted by birds, especially when collected together before a storm, S.Douglas.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.
ToCHIRT,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.
ToCHITTER,v. n.1. To shiver, to tremble, S.Ramsay.2. To chatter. The teeth are said tochitter, 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.
ToCHIZZEL,v. a.To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B.Chouse, E.
Belg.kweezel-en, to act hypocritically.
CHIZZARD.V.Kaisart.
CHOKKEIS, pronouncedchouks,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.
ToCHORK.V.Chirk.
ToCHORP,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.
ToCHOWTLE, 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 theChuckie-stanes.
CHUF,s.Clown.Maitland Poems.
Evidently the same withCufe, 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.
ToCIRCUMJACK,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 theMaiden Claaick; when late, theCarlin Claaick.
CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE,s.A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called thekirk-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 aclogon an estate.
ToCLAG,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.thev.
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.
ToCLAIK,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.; toclack, 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 itsclaik, 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.
ToCLAIR,v. a.To beat, to maltreat.Polwart.Clearingsis 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.
ToCLAIVER,v. n.To talk idly or foolishly.V.Claver.
CLAM,adj.1. Clammy, S. Belg.klam, id.2. Smooth; as "clamice," 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.
ToCLAMP 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.
ToCLAMP, 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.
ToClank,v. a.To give a sharp stroke, S.Minstrelsy Border.
ToClankdown,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.
ToCLAPtheHEAD, 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; forhandclapis used, S. B.
CLAPof 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 ofclaremethen, 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.
Fromclare, clear, andmeith, a mark.
CLARGIE, CLERGY,s.Erudition.Priests Peblis.
Fr.clergie, id. from Lat.clericus.
ToCLARK,v. a.To act as amanuensis, S.
ToCLART,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.
ToCLASH,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.
ToCLASH,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. withclod.Z. Boyd.
Teut.klotte,kluyte, id. gleba, massa.
ToCLAT, 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.
ToCLATCH,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.
ToCLATCH, 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.
ToCLATT,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.
ToCLATTER,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 thev.Cleik, q. v.
Claucht,Claught,s.A catch or seizure of any thing in a sudden and forcible way, S.Ross.
ToCLAVER,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.
ToCLAY, 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 theos pubisdownwards, S.V.Clof.Ramsay.
Isl.klof, femorum intercapedo.
ToCLECK,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.
ToCLEED, 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.clothedwith one in addition.
CLEG, GLEG,s.A gad-fly, a horse-fly. It is pronouncedgleg, S. B.cleg, Clydes. A. Bor. id.Hudson.
Dan.klaeg, id. tabanus.
CLEIK,adj.Lively, agile, fleet, Loth.V.Cleuch,adj.
ToCLEIK, 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.
ToCLEK, 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.
ToCLEM,v. a.1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also toclem up, S.
A. S.cleam-ian, id.
ToCLEP, 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.
ToCLEP,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. Hencecair-cleuck, the left hand, S. B.Morison.
Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G.klo, Teut.klauwe, a claw or talon.
ToCleuck,Cleuk,v. a.To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.Forbes.
CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.Barbour.
Cleueseems to be the same with Germ.kleve, A. S.clif, clivus.
ToCLEVER,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.
ToCLEW,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.