An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 166

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 166

_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 sc.r.a.pe, 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 sc.r.a.ped together by n.i.g.g.ardliness, 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., c.u.mb.


_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._ s.n.a.t.c.hed, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.


_Douglas._