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clet, clett, klet, klett,
clet [NN.b. I. klɛt]
n. A detached rock, generally in the sea, but occasionally applied also to isolated rocks on the land (as distinct from those showing on the face of a hill).
cleuch, cleugh, clough, cloy,
cleuch [kl(j)ux]
n. A clough. A narrow gorge or chasm with high rocky sides. A crag, rock.
caurie-cleukit, caurie-clookit, cleuk, cleukit, cleuky, clook, clookie, clookit, clooks, clooky, clouk, cloukit, cluck, cluckt, cluik, cluikit, cluiks, cluk, cluke, clukeit, clukkit,
cleuk [kl(j)uk, MN. klʌk]
n. A claw.
v. To scratch, to dig the claws into. To seize roughly.
pt. pp. cleukit adj. Having the qualities of a claw.
 
cleuky
adj. MN. Tricky, artful.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
caurie-cleukit: Left-handed.
clew, cloo, clou, clue, kloo, stowe_a_clew, stown_a_clue,
clew [kluː]
n. A ball of rope, thread or wool.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clewin up: I.Sh. Winding yarn up into a ball so it can be knitted.
stowe a clew: To pack a ball of thread. The first step before starting something new.
claey, cley, clie, cliy, cloy, cly, cuttie-cley, cutty-clay, cutty-cley, cutty-cley,
cley [klei, klaɪ, kləi]
n. Clay.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cutty-cley: A short stemmed clay pipe.
clibber, cliber, clubber, klibber,
clibber [ˈklɪbər, ˈklʌbər]
n. A wooden pack-saddle used in Shetland, Orkney, and Caithness.
claff, cleff, cleft, clif, cliff, clift, cloff, cloft,
clift [klɪft, klɛft]
n. A fissure, crevice, crack, a stretch of coast containing those. A cliff. A plank, a board cleft or sawn from a log of wood.
cliftie, clifty,
cliftie [ˈklɪftɪ]
n. A name for a horse. A willing and ready payer, a generous person.
adj. Of a light horse: clever, fleet. Of fuel: easily kindled. Of people: active in body or mind, quick, smart, nimble.
claam, clam, clamb, clamb$d, clamm, clim, clim$, climb$d, climed, climm, climm$d, climmed, climmen, climmer, climmin, climt, clum, clumb, sclam, sclim, sclimb, sclimbt, sclimmed, sclimmer, sclimmin, sclimt, sclum, sclumb, sklam, sklim, sklimmer, sklimmin, sklimt, sklum, sklumm,
clim [klɪm]
also with prothetic s sclim [sklɪm]
n. A climb.
v. To climb.
pt. clam [klam], clum [klʌm], climt [klɪmt], sclimmed [sklɪmt], sclam [sklam]
pp. clum [klʌm], sclimmed, sclum [sklʌm]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
climmer, sclimmer: A climber.
climmin, sclimmin: Climbing.
climbaties,
climbaties [ˈklimbetiːz]
n. U. The clematis.

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