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clink, clinker, clinkers, clinkin, clinkin$, clinkit, clinkt, clinkum, clinkumbell, clinkum-bell, cramboclink, crambo-clink,
clink [klɪŋk]
n. A sharp, metallic sound. Money, cash, the price. A blow.
v. To strike smartly, to slap, to beat. To do anything quickly, suddenly.
pt. pp. clinkit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clinker [ˈklɪŋkər]: A coin, a stunner, something astonishing. pl. clinkers Coins, money, broken pieces of rock.
clinkin [ˈklɪŋkɪn]: With sudden easy motion. Splendid.
clinkum-bell: The Church bell ringer.
clink up: To snatch up.
crambo-clink: Ready rhyming, doggerel.
clink, clinked, clinkid, clinkit,
clink [klɪŋk]
n. A rivet.
adj. I.Ork. Shrunk.
v. To clench, to rivet, to clasp.
pt. pp. clinkit adj. Thin looking.
clet, clett, clink, clint, clintie, clinty, klett, klint,
clint [klɪnt]
n. A cliff, high crag, precipice, projecting rock.
 
clintie [ˈklɪntɪ]
adj. Stony, rocky, flinty.
clib, clibbie, clibby, clip, clippie, clippy, klip,
clip [klɪp, SW. U. klɪb]
n. A colt, from weaning to work, MN. a young mare.
dim. clippie
clip, clippart, clipped, clipper, clippie, clippin, clippit, clippock, clippy, clips, clipshaer, clipshair, clipshare, clipshear, clipsheer, clipsheir, clipt, klip, klipet, klipp, klippert,
clip [klɪp]
n. A clip. A piece cut off.
pl. clips Tongs for lifting or hanging up a pot.
dim. clippie A pert, sharp-tongued girl. A person with too neat cut clothes. A shorn sheep. A person dispensing tickets on public transport.
dim. clippock n. A pert, sharp-tongued girl.
v. To clip, to shear.
pt. pp. clippit
 
clippy
adj. Pert.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
clippart: A talkative woman, a shorn sheep.
clipper: Of the tongue: sharp, cutting.
clippers: Shears.
clippin: Clipping. Sheep-shearing.
clipshear, dim. clippie: The earwig Forficula auricularia.
the verra clip o: The very image of.
cleiver, cleveralitie, cleverality, clevir, clevvir, cliver, cliveralitie, cliverality, clivver, clivvir, cluver, cluvvur, klivver,
cliver [ˈklɪvər, ˈklʌvər]
adj. Clever, swift, quick, speedy. Handsome, well-made, fine-looking. Generous, liberal, ample. Good.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
cliverality [-alɪtɪ]: Ability.
clavie, clev, clevie, clevvie, cliv, clivie, clivvie, klivvy,
clivie [ˈklɪvi, MN.ˈklɛvɪ]
n. A cleft in the branch of a tree etc.
 
cliv
v. N. To make up a deep-sea fishing line after use.
also clivie
n. The stick for making up the lines.
cloack, cloak, clock, clok, klok,
cloak [klok, klɔk]
n. A cloak.
clacharet, clocharet, clochret, cloughret,
clocharet [ˈklɔx,(ə)rət]
n. The wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe or stonechat Saxicola rubicola.
cloch, clocher, clochter, clogher, cloicher, cloigher, clougher,
clocher [ˈklɔxər]
n. Bronchial mucus. A rough or wheezing cough.
v. To clear the throat.

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