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clat, clatay, clattie, clatty,
clat [klat]
n. A clot. A lump of something soft. A clot of sheep- or cow-dung, especially when adhering to the fur. A mess, a muddle. A dirty person.
v. To bedaub, to dirty.
 
clattie [ˈklatɪ]
adj. Dirty, muddy, slimy, disagreeable.
clatch, clatchie, clatchy, klass,
clatch [klatʃ, klɔtʃ]
n. A flat or splashy sound caused by the fall of a soft, heavy object. An untidy mess, a dirty, untidy person, a slut, a fat, clumsy woman, a clumsy, ungainly person.
v. To move amongst wet or mud with a splashing, squelching sound. To besmear.
 
clatchie [klatʃɪ, klɔtʃɪ]
adj. Muddy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clatch up: A badly made article.
clatchin, cletchin,
clatch [SW. U. klatʃ, klɔtʃ]
also clatchin
n. A clutch of chickens or ducks, a setting of eggs.
clarter, clatter, clattèr, clatterer, clatther, clatur, clauter, cletter, klatter, klatter,
clatter [ˈklatər]
n. Sharp sounds, rapidly repeated, country talk, a chatterer, a gossip. U. Quite a few of something.
v. To clatter, to gossip, talk scandal.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clatterer: A scandalmonger.
clatterin: Clattering.
Claudy,
Claudy [ˈklɑːde]
pn. Claudy (County Londonderry).
claat, claater, clat, clatt, clatter, clattin, clatting, claut, clauter, clautin, clawt, clawter,
claut [klɑːt, klɔːt, N. I. klaːt]
n. A claw of a cat etc. A scratch. A clutch, grasp, hold. A turnip hoe. A handful, a lump or mass, as of something scraped together. An instrument for clearing slag, cinders and ashes from the bars of a furnace.
v. To scratch, claw, tear. To scrape. To hoe. To snatch.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clauter: A claw-like rake for lifting potatoes.
clautin Clutching, grasping, scraping, hoeing. pl. clautins Scrapings, rakings.
cat-in-claver, cat-in-clover, catten-claver, catten-clover, claiver, claver, clever, cliver, clivver, kliver, klivver,
claver [ˈklevər MN. ˈklɪvər]
n. Clover. U. The bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cat-in-claver: S. The bird's-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus.
leddy's claver: U. NEC. The wood sorrel Oxalis acetosella.
puir man's claver: NEC. MN. The self-heal Prunella vulgaris.
thoosand-leaft claver: S. SEC. The yarrow Achillea millefolium.
claivie, clavie, clevie,
clavie [kleːvi]
n. A basket or barrel used for holding combustibles. A torch.
cla, claa, claas, clah, clahs, clas, claw, clawed, clawin, claws, clawscrunt, claw-scrunt, clew, clow, clowe, clowes, clows, kla, klaa, klaas, klas, kloo, klowe, klowes,
claw [klɑː, klɔː, N. I. klaː]
n. A claw. An exicited state of annoyance or anxiety.
pl. claws
v. To claw, scratch, scrape, clean out, empty, beat, strike.
pt. clawed, clew [kl(j)uː]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cat's claws: MN. The kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria.
clawin: Clawing, scratching.
clawin post: A scatching post for cattle.
claw-scrunt: An old tree against which cattle scratch themselves.
claymore,
claymore [ˈklemoːr]
n. A large two-edged sword.

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