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Page 49 of 100 for the letter C

cloot, clooter, clootie, clootie_wall, clootie_well, clootit, cloots, clooty, clout, clouter, cloutie, cloutit, clouts, clowt, clowter, clowtit, clowts, clute, clutes, clutty, kloot,
cloot [klut, klʌut]
n. A piece of cloth, a rag, dishcloth, duster, nappy, a patch. A blow, strike, slap,
dim. clootie
pl. cloots
v. To mend or patch clothes, shoes, pots, cauldrons etc. To clothe. To strike, slap.
pt. pp. clootit adj. Patched.
 
clootie
adj. Made of cloths or rags.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clooter [-ər]: A patcher, cobbler.
clootie wall: A wishing well where rags are hung in the bushes.
haund cloot: A towel.
clairach, claroch, cleerich, cleurach, clorach, cloroch,
clorach [ˈklɔrəx, ˈkle(ː)rəx, ˈkl(j)uːrəx, MN. ˈkliːrəx, ˈklarəx]
v. To clear the throat noisily.
claise, claiser, clase, clased, claser, clasest, classer, cloase-han$t, clös, close, close, closed, close-haundit, closen, closen-in, closer, closest, closs, closser, cloze, clozer, kloze,
close [v. kloːz, adj. & adv. klos, klɔs]
adj. Close, choked up, constant.
comp. closer
superl. closest
adv. Constantly.
v. To close. To have the respiratory organs in a state of congestion.
pt. pp. closed [kloːzd]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
closer [kloːzər]: An argument which shuts one up.
closure: An enclosing thing, an enclosure. Closure.
close-haundit: Mean, tight fisted.
closen-in: Closed-in.
enclose: To shut in, surround. pt. enclosed.
close, closie, closs, clossie,
close [klos, klɔs]
n. A courtyard, an enclosed space adjoining a house. A farmyard, the yard round which the farm-buildings are arranged. The passageway leading into a courtyard, any narrow passage or alley. A narrow street. The entry to a tenement house, the open passage-way giving access to the common stairs and the floors above. MN. a bed recess.
dim. closie DD. The stairwell in a block of flats.
closhach, clossach,
closhach [ˈklɔʃəx, ˈklɔsəx, ˈklʌʃəx]
n. The carcass of a fowl, a mass of something, a hoard of money.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
the hale closhach: The whole quantity or number.
closter, kloster, kløster, kluster, klüster,
closter [ˈklostər]
n. A cloister.
clot, clotter, clotterd, clottered, clottert, clottit,
clot [klotərt, klɔtərt, -d]
n. A clot.
v. Also clotter To clot, coagulate.
pt. pp. clottit
 
clottert, clottered
adj. Clotted, congealed, caked.
cloon, cloun,
cloun [klun]
n. A clown.
cloop, cloopie, cloopy, cloup, cloupie, cloupy,
cloup [klup]
n. A walking stick with a curved handle.
dim. cloupie
cataclue, catticloo, catticlou, catticlour, clooer, cloor, cloored, cloorer, cloort, clour, cloured, clourer, clourit, clourt, clure, clured, kattaklu, kattaklur, katticloo, kattikloo, kattiklu, kattiklur, kloor, kloorer, klur, klurer,
clour [kluːr, ˈkluər]
n. A blow. A lump or swelling. A dent. I. A scratch.
v. To deal a blow on, to batter, thump, a hollow or dent, damage or disfigure in any way. To broach stones. I. To scratch with claws.
pt. pp. clourt, cloured
 
Compounds and phrases etc
 
catticlour [I.Sh. ˈkatərkluː(r)]: A disorderly crowd or flock, a hurry-scurry, any sort of noisy quarrel.
clourer [ˈkluːrər, ˈkluərər]: A broach or broaching-chisel, a mason's hammer.

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