from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id.
_To_ CHEIP, 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 the _v._
S.
~Cheiper~, _s._ The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it
makes, Loth.
_To_ CHEIPS, _v. a._ To buy or sell.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _ceap-an_, emere, vendere.
_To_ CHEIS, 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. read _chekis_.
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._
_To_ CHEPE, _v. n._ To chirp.
V. ~Cheip~.
CHESBOW, _s._ The poppy.
V. ~Chasbol~.
_To_ CHESE, _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.
_To_ CHESSOUN, _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 of _ceaster_, 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. ~Shevel~ and ~Showl~.
_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._
_To_ CHEWYS, _v. a._ To compass, to achieve, to accomplish.
_Barbour._
~Chewysance~, ~Chewysans~, _s._ Acquirement, provision, means of
sustenance.
_Wallace._
_To_ CHICK, _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.
From _chicken_ and _wort_, 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. Or
_Child_, q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E.
_Cheild_ or _Cheeld_.
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._
_To_ CHIER, 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 the _v._
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_, and _kimme_, signify
margo vasis; and Su. G. _kim_, extremum dolii.
CHINGLE, _s._ Gravel, S.
V. ~Channel~.
_Statist. Acc._
~Chingily~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CHIP, CHYP, _v. n._
1. A bird is said to be _chipping_, 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._
_To_ CHIRK, 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,
to _chirke_.
_To_ CHIRME, _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._
_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._