An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 168

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 168


Dan. _klaeg_, id. taba.n.u.s.


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 c.l.i.tellarum, _hleck-r_, an iron chain.


~Cleiky~, _adj._ Ready to take the advantage, inclined to circ.u.mvent, 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.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


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.







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