Part 14
Words, of Goth. origin, whether S or E., beginning with _ch_, sounded hard, are to be traced to those in the Germ. or Northern languages that have _k_, and in A. S. _c_, which has the same power with _k_.
_To_ CHACK, _v. n._ To clack, to make a clinking noise, S.
_Cleland._
_To_ CHACK, _v. a._ To cut or bruise any part of the body by a sudden stroke; as when the sash of a window falls on the fingers, S.
E. _check_. Teut. _kack-en_, _kek-en_, increpare; synon. S. B. _Chat_, q. v.
CHACK, CHATT, _s._ A slight repast, taken hastily, S.
Q. a _check_ for hunger.
CHACK, CHECK, _s._ The Wheat-ear, a bird, Orkn. Motacilla oenanthe, Linn.
V. ~Stane-Chacker~.
_Barry._
Nearly the same with the last part of its Germ. name, _stein schwaker_.
CHACKARALLY, _s._ Apparently some kind of checkered or variegated cloth.
_Watson's Coll._
CHACKE-BLYND-MAN, _s._ Blind man's buff.
_Bp. Forbes._
_Jockie-blind-man_, Angus, id.
CHACKLOWRIE, _s._ Mashed cabbage, mixed amongst barley-broth, Aberd.
CHAD, _s._ Gravel, such small stones as form the bed of a river, S. B.
Teut. _kade_, litus, ora.
~Chaddy~, _adj._ Gravelly; as, _chaddy ground_, that which chiefly consists of gravel, S.
_To_ CHAFF, _v. n._ To chatter, to be loquacious, Loth.
Teut. _keff-en_, gannire, latrare.
CHAFTIS, CHAFTS, _s. pl._ Chops, S. A. Bor. _chafts_.
_Peblis to the Play._
Su. G. _kiaeft_, _kaeft_, Isl. _kiaft-ur_, the jaw-bone. A. Bor. _chafts_, _chefts_, id. Hence also E. _chops_.
~Chaft-Blade~, _s._ The jaw-bone, S.
~Chaft-Talk~, _s._ Talking, prattling, Aberd. from _chaft_ and _talk_.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ CHAIPE, _v. n._ To escape.
_Wallace._
Fr. _eschapp-er_, Ital. _scapp-are_, id.
CHAIPES, CHAPIS, _s. pl._ Price, rate, established value of goods.
_Acts Ja. I._
A. S. _ceap_, price; from _ceap-an_, to buy.
_To_ CHAISTIFIE, _v. a._ To chastise.
_Bellenden._
_To_ CHAK, _v. a._ To check.
_Wallace._
~Chak~, _s._ The act of checking, stop.
V. ~Char~.
_To_ CHAK, _v. n._
1. To gnash, to snatch at an object with the chops, as a dog does, S.
_Douglas._
2. It expresses the sharp sound made by any iron substance, when entering into its socket; to click, S.
3. _To chak to_, to shut with a sharp sound.
_Bellenden._
CHAKIL, _s._ The wrist.
V. ~Shackle-Bone~.
_Watson's Coll._
CHALANDRIE, _s._ Probably, imitations of singing birds.
_Burel._
Fr. _calandre_, a species of lark.
CHALDRICK, CHALDER, _s._ The name given in the Orkney Islands to the Sea-pie, Hoematopus ostralegus, Linn.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _tialldur_, id. Pennant's Zool.
CHALMER, _s._ Chamber.
_Douglas._
~Chalmer-Glew~, _s._ "Chambering, secret wantonness," Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Glew~.
CHALOUS, Sir Gawan and Sir Gal. i. 11.
V. ~Cholle~.
CHAMBERERE, _s._ A chamberlain.
Fr. _chambrier_, id.
_King's Quair._
CHAMBRADEESE, _s._ A parlour; a name still used by some old people, Fife.
V. ~Deis~.
Fr. _chambre au dais_, a chamber with a canopy.
_To_ CHAMP, _v. a._ To chop, to mash, S. _Chomp_, Lancash., to cut things small.
Germ. Belg. _kapp-en_, id.
_Godscroft._
CHAMPIT, _adj._ Having raised figures, imbossed, diapered.
_Palice of Honour._
Teut. _schamp-en_, radere, scalpere.
CHANCY, _adj._
1. Fortunate, happy, S.
_Douglas._
Fr. _chanceaux_, id.
2. Foreboding good fortune, S. Any person or thing viewed as inauspicious, is said to be _no chancy_, S.
_Ross._
CHANDLER, CHANLER, _s._ A candlestick, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _chandelier_, a branch for holding candles, used obliquely. Grose mentions _chaundler_.
~Chanler-Chafted~, _adj._ Lantern-jawed; having chops like a _chandler_ or candlestick, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
CHANNEL, _s._ Gravel, S. (synon. _chad_) perhaps from _channel_, the bed of a river.
V. ~Chingle~.
~Channelly~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CHANNER, _v. n._ To fret, to be in a chiding humour, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
CHANOS, _adj._ Gray.
V. ~Canois~.
_Douglas._
CHANTERIS, _s. pl._ Laics endowed with ecclesiastical benefices.
_Bannatyne Poems._
CHAP, _s._
1. A fellow; a contemptuous term; sometimes _chappie_, or "little _chap_," S.
_Burns._
2. Like _chield_, it is also applied to a female, S. B.
_Ross._
Su. G. _kaeps_, _keips_, _kaebs_, homo servilis conditionis.
_To_ CHAP, _v. a._
1. To strike with a hammer, or any instrument of similar use, S.
Teut. _kapp-en_, incidere; Belg. _schopp-en_, to strike, Sewel.
_To_ ~Chap~ _hands_, to strike hands, especially in concluding a bargain, S.
2. To chop, to cut into small pieces, S.
Teut. _kapp-en_, conscindere minutim.
_To_ ~Chap~ _aff_, to strike off.
Su. G. _kapp-a_, to amputate.
_To_ ~Chap~, _v. n._
1. To strike: "the knock's _chappin_," the clock strikes, S.
2. _To chap at a door_, to knock, to rap, S.
_Sir Egeir._
~Chap~, ~Chaup~, ~Choppe~, s. A stroke of any kind, a blow, S.
_Burns._
Teut. _kip_, ictus; Moes. G. _kaupat-jan_, colaphos ingerere.
2. A tap or rap, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
Z. Boyd uses _choppe_ in the same sense.
~Chapping-Sticks~, _s._ Any instrument which one uses for striking with, S.
_Kelly._
_To_ CHAP, CHAUP _out_, CHAUPS, _v. a._
1. To fix upon any person or thing by selection, S. Hence the phrase, _Chap ye, chuse ye_.
_Ramsay._
2. Suddenly to embrace a proposal made in order to a bargain; to hold one at the terms mentioned, S.
Belg. _kipp-en_, to choose; which seems only a secondary sense of the v. in Teut. as signifying to lay hold of.
~Chap~, _s._ The act of choosing; _Chap and choice_, great variety, S. B.
_Ross._
CHAP, _s._ A shop.
_Many._
CHAPIN, _s._ Chopin, a quart, S.
_Shirrefs._
CHAPYT,
V. ~Chaipe~.
CHAPMAN, _s._ A pedlar, a hawker, S., a merchant, O. E.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. _ceapman_, Sw. _koepman_, a merchant.
CHAR, _s._ Carriages.
_Barbour._
Fr. _char_, a waggon, a car.
_To_ CHAR, _v. a._
1. To stop.
_Douglas._
2. _To char by_, to turn aside.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cerr-an_, to turn, to turn from, divertere.
CHAR. _On char_, to a side.
_Douglas._
A. S. _cerre_, turning, bending, winding.
_To_ CHAR, _Char doute_. Perhaps, "murmur distrust."
_Barbour._
A. S. _cear-ian_, to complain, to murmur.
CHARBUKILL, _s._
1. A carbuncle.
_Douglas._
2. An ulcer.
_Polwart._
Fr. _escarboucle_, _carboucle_, the pestilent botch or sore, termed a carbuncle.
CHARD, _pret._
V. ~Chier~.
CHARE, _s._ A chariot.
_Douglas._
Fr. _char_, id.
CHARE, _s._ Care, charge.
_Ross._
Like E. _charie_, from A. S. _car_, cura, or _cearig_, solicitus.
CHARGES, _s. pl._ Rents.
_Buik of Discipline._
Fr. _charge_, pension, rente.
CHARLEWAN, CHARLEWAYNE, _s._ The constellation _Ursa Major_, also called the Plough, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _carleaswagn_, Su. G. _karlwagn_, Dan. _karlvogn_.
CHARNAILL BANDIS, _s. pl._ Strong hinges used for massy doors or gates, riveted, and often having a plate, on each side of the gate, S. _centre-hinges_, E.
_Wallace._
Fr. _charniere_, a hinge, a turning joint.
CHARRIS.
V. ~Char~, _v._
CHASBOL, CHESBOL, CHESBOWE, _s._ Poppy.
_Complaynt S. Douglas._
CHASE, _s. Brak a chase_, perhaps, begun a pursuit.
_Knox._
CHASS, _s._ Case, condition.
_Wallace._
_To_ CHASTY, _v. a._ To chastise, to correct.
_Barbour._
Fr. _chasti-er_, id.
_To_ CHAT, _v. a._ To bruise slightly, S.; synon. _chack_.
CHAT THE, "Hang thyself;" Rudd.
_Douglas._
CHAUDMELLÉ, _s._ A sudden broil or quarrel.
_Skene._
Fr. _chaude_, hot, and _meslée_, _melée_, broil.
CHAUD-PEECE, _s._ Gonorrhoea.
Fr. _chaude-pisse_, id.
_Polwart._
_To_ CHAW, _v. a._
1. To fret, to gnaw.
_Douglas._
2. To provoke, to vex, S.
O. F. _chaloir_, to put in pain.
CHEATS, CHITS, _s._ The sweet-bread. _Chits and nears_, a common dish in S. i. e. kidneys and sweet-breads.
_Watson's Coll._
CHECK, _s._ A bird.
V. ~Chack~.
CHEEK-BLADE, _s._ The cheek-bone. S.
_Cleland._
CHEESE-HAKE, _s._ A frame for drying cheeses when newly made, S.
V. ~Hake~.
CHEESE-RACK, _s._ The same with _Cheese-hake_, S.
_Ferguson._
_To_ CHEIM, _v. a._ To divide equally; especially in cutting down the backbone of an animal, S. B.
Apparently corr. from the E. v. _chine_, used in the same sense, from _chine_, the backbone. Fr. _eschin-er_, id.
_To_ CHEIP, CHEPE, _v. n._
1. To peep, to chirp, as young birds in the nest, S. _Cheepe_, O. E.
_Complaynt S._
2. To squeak with a shrill and feeble voice, S.
_Godscroft._
3. To mutter; applied metaph. to man, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
4. To creak, S.
Isl. _keyp-a_, vagire puerorum; _keipar_, puerorum vagitus.
~Cheip~, _s._ This admits of the same various significations as the _v._ S.
~Cheiper~, _s._ The cricket, an insect; denominated from the noise it makes, Loth.
_To_ CHEIPS, _v. a._ To buy or sell.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _ceap-an_, emere, vendere.
_To_ CHEIS, CHEISS, CHES, CHESE,
1. To choose.
_Fordun._
2. To appoint; used in an oblique sense.
_Sir Tristrem._
Moes. G. _kes-an_, A. S. _ceos-an_, Belg. _kies-en_, Su. G. _kes-a_, id. Chauc. _chese_.
CHEITRES, Dunbar, Maitland Poems, p. 48. read _chekis_.
CHEK, _s._ 1. Cheek.
_Douglas._
2. The post of a gate.
_Douglas._
CHEKER, CHECKER, _s._ The exchequer.
_Stat. Rob. III._
CHELIDERECT, _s._ A kind of serpent.
_Burel._
Fr. _chelydre_, Lat. _chelydrus_, id.
CHEMAGÉ.
V. ~Chemys~.
_Wallace._
_Chemes hie_, i. e. high dwelling, seems the true reading.
CHEMER, _s._ A loose upper garment.
V. ~Chymour~.
_Barbour._
CHEMYS, CHYMES, CHYMMES, CHYMIS, _s._ A chief dwelling; as the manor-house of a landed proprietor, or the palace of a prince.
_Baron Courts._
O. Fr. _chefmez_, _chefmois_, the chief mansion-house on an estate; L. B. _caput mansi_.
CHENYIE, CHENYÉ, _s._ A chain.
_Complaynt S._
CHENNONIS, _s. pl._ Canons belonging to a cathedral.
_Houlate._
_To_ CHEPE, _v. n._ To chirp.
V. ~Cheip~.
CHESBOW, _s._ The poppy.
V. ~Chasbol~.
_To_ CHESE, _v. a._ To choose.
V. ~Cheis~.
CHESYBIL, _s._ An ecclesiastical dress, O. E. _chesuble_, a short vestment without sleeves.
_Wyntown._
L. B. _casubla_, Fr. _casuble_, id. a little cope.
CHESS, _s._ The frame of wood for a window, a sash, S.
Fr. _chassis_, id.
_To_ CHESSOUN, _v. a._ To subject to blame, to accuse.
_Priests of Peblis._
Fr. _achoisonn-er_, id.
CHESSOUN, CHESOWNE, _s._ Blame, accusation, exception.
_Priests of Peblis._
Fr. _achoison_, accusation.
CHESTER, _s._ The name given to a circular fortification in some parts of S.
_Statist. Acc._
Lat. _castra_, adopted into A. S. in the form of _ceaster_, a fort, a castle.
CHESWELL, _s._ A cheese-vat.
_Kelly._
CHEVERON, _s._ Armour for a horse's head.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
L. B. _chamfrenum_, Du Cange; Fr. _chanfrain_, _chanfrein_.
CHEVIN, _part. pa._ Succeeded, prospered.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _chevir_, to obtain, also to make an end.
CHEWAL, _adj._ Distorted.
V. ~Shevel~ and ~Showl~.
_Dunbar._
CHEWALRY, _s._
1. Men in arms, of whatever rank.
_Barbour._
2. Courage, prowess in arms.
_Barbour._
Fr. _chevalerie_, knighthood, transferred to armed men without distinction. It also signifies prowess.
~Chewalrous~, _adj._ Brave, gallant.
_Barbour._
O. Fr. _chevaleureux_, illustris, nobilis.
~Chewalrusly~, _adv._ Bravely, gallantly.
_Barbour._
_To_ CHEWYS, _v. a._ To compass, to achieve, to accomplish.
_Barbour._
~Chewysance~, ~Chewysans~, _s._ Acquirement, provision, means of sustenance.
_Wallace._
_To_ CHICK, _v. n._ To make a clicking noise, as a watch does, S.
Teut. _kick-en_, mutire, minimam vocem edere.
CHICKENWORT, _s._ Chickweed, S. Alsine media, Linn.
From _chicken_ and _wort_, an herb.
CHIEL, CHIELD, _s._
1. A servant.
_Chamber-cheil_, a servant who waits in a gentleman's chamber, a valet.
_Pitscottie._
Su. G. _kullt_, a boy, _kulla_, a girl, _kulle_, offspring. Or _Child_, q. v. corr. from O. E. pronounced by the common people in E. _Cheild_ or _Cheeld_.
2. A fellow, used either in a good or bad sense, although more commonly as expressive of disrespect, S.
_Ramsay._
3. A stripling, a young man, S. It is applied indifferently to a young man or woman, S. B.
_Ross._
4. An appellation expressive of fondness, S. B.
_Ross._
_To_ CHIER, CHEIR, _v. a._ To cut, to wound.
_Chr. Kirk._
A. S. _scear-an_, _scer-an_, tondere. Cheard, which occurs in the same stanza, seems to be the pret. of the _v._
CHIERE, _s._ Chair.
_King's Quair._
CHILD, CHYLD, _s._ A servant, a page.
_Wallace._
In O. E., a youth, especially one of high birth, before he was advanced to the honour of knighthood.
A. S. _cild_; like L. _infans_, Fr. _enfant_, Hisp. _infant_, transferred to the heir apparent of a sovereign.
~Childer~, _pl._ Children, S. Lancash.
A. S. _cildru_, pueri.
_Wallace._
CHILD-ILL, _s._ Labour, pains of child-bearing.
_Barbour._
CHYMES, s. A chief dwelling.
V. ~Chemys~.
CHYMOUR, ~Chymer~, _s._ A light gown, E. _cymar_.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _chamarre_, a loose and light gown. Ital. _ciamare_, Belg. _samare_.
CHIMNEY, CHIMLEY, _s._ A grate, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
Corn. _tschimbla_, a chimney.
~Chimley-brace~, _s._ The mantle-piece, S.
~Chimla-lug~, _s._ The fire-side, S.
CHINE, _s._ The end of a barrel, or that part of the staves which projects beyond the head, S.
_Acts Cha. I._
Isl. _kani_, prominula pars rei, that part of a thing that projects, also rostrum, Haldorson. _Chine_, however, may be corr. from E. _chime_, _chimb_, id., especially as Teut. _kieme_, and _kimme_, signify margo vasis; and Su. G. _kim_, extremum dolii.
CHINGLE, _s._ Gravel, S.
V. ~Channel~.
_Statist. Acc._
~Chingily~, _adj._ Gravelly, S.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CHIP, CHYP, _v. n._
1. A bird is said to be _chipping_, when it cracks the shell. A. Bor. id.
2. To break forth from a shell or calix, applied to flowers, also to grain when it begins to germinate, S.
_Douglas._
3. Metaph. applied to the preparation necessary to the flight of a person.
_Minstrelsy Border._
4. Transferred to a woman who is in the early state of pregnancy, S.
5. It is applied to ale when it begins to ferment in the working vat, S. O.
Belg. _kipp-en_, to hatch, to disclose.
CHYRE, _s._ Cheer, entertainment.
_Dunbar._
_To_ CHIRK, JIRK, JIRG, CHORK, _v. n._
1. To make a grating noise, S.
_Popular Ball._
_To chirk with the teeth_, also actively, _to chirk the teeth_, to rub them against each other, S.
2. Used to denote "the noise made by the feet when the shoes are full of water," S.
_Ramsay._
A. S. _cearc-ian_, crepitare, stridere, to gnash, to creak; Chaucer, to _chirke_.
_To_ CHIRME, _v. n._
1. Used to denote the mournful sound emitted by birds, especially when collected together before a storm, S.
_Douglas._
2. To chirp, without necessarily implying the idea of a melancholy note, S.
_Ferguson._
3. To be peevish, to be habitually complaining, S.
Belg. _kerm-en_, lamentari, quiritari, Isl. _jarmr_, vox avium, garritus.
~Chyrme~, _s._ Note, applied to birds.
_Douglas._
_To_ CHIRT, _v. a._
1. To squeeze, to press out, S.
_Douglas._
2. To act in a griping manner; also, to squeeze or practise extortion, S.
CHIT, _s._ A small bit of bread, or of any kind of food, S.
_To_ CHITTER, _v. n._
1. To shiver, to tremble, S.
_Ramsay._
2. To chatter. The teeth are said to _chitter_, when they strike against each other, S.
Teut. _tsitter-en_, Germ. _schutt-ern_, to quiver.
CHITTER-LILLING, _s._ An opprobrious term.
_Dunbar._
Perhaps the same as E. _chitterlin_, the intestines.
_To_ CHIZZEL, _v. a._ To cheat, to act deceitfully, S. B. _Chouse_, E.
Belg. _kweezel-en_, to act hypocritically.
CHIZZARD.
V. ~Kaisart~.
CHOKKEIS, pronounced _chouks_, _s. pl._ The jaws, properly the glandular parts under the jaw-bones, S.
V. ~Chukis~.
_Wallace._
Isl. _kalke_, _kialke_, maxilla, the jaws, _kuok_, gula, faux bruti.
~Chok-band~, _s._ The small strip of leather by which a bridle is fastened around the jaws of a horse, S.
CHOL, CHOW, _s._ The jole or jowl.
_Evergreen._
A. S. _ceole_, faucis, _ceolas_, fauces, the jaws.
_Cheek for chow_, S. cheek by jole.
_Ramsay._
CHOLER, CHULLER, CHURL, _s._ A double-chin, S.
_Journal Lond._
CHOLLE, _s._ Perhaps the chough.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
_To_ CHORK.
V. ~Chirk~.
_To_ CHORP, _v. n._ To emit a creaking sound, Loth.
CHOSS, _s._ Choice.
_Barbour._
CHOUKS.
V. ~Chokkis.~
CHOW, _s._ The jowl.
V. ~Chol~.
CHOWPIS, _pret. v._ Chops about.
_Douglas._
CHOWS, _s. pl._ A smaller kind of coal, much used in forges, S.; perhaps from Fr. _chou_, the general name of coal.
_Statist. Acc._
_To_ CHOWTLE, CHUTTLE, _v. n._ To chew feebly, as a child, or an old person does, S.
Isl. _jodla_, infirmiter mandere.
CHRYSTISMESS, _s._ Christmas.
_Wallace._
CHUCKIE, _s._ A low or cant term for a hen, S.
Belg. _kuyken_, a chicken.
~Chuckie-Stane~, _s._
1. A small pebble, S.
Teut. _keyken_, a small flint; if not from the circumstance of such stones being swallowed by domestic fowls.
2. A game, used by girls, in tossing up, and catching pebbles as they fall, is called the _Chuckie-stanes_.
CHUF, _s._ Clown.
_Maitland Poems._
Evidently the same with _Cufe_, q. v.
CHUK, _s._ Asellus marinus.
_Sibbald._
CHUKIS, _s. pl._ Apparently, a swelling of the jaws.
_Gl. Complaynt._
A. S. _ceacena swyle_, faucium tumor.
CHUM, _s._ Food, provision for the belly, Clydes. _Scaff_, synon.
CIETEZOUR, _s._ A citizen.
_Bellenden._
CYGONIE, _s._ The stork.
_Burel._
Fr. _cicogne_, id.
CYNDIRE, _s._ A term denoting ten swine.
_Forrest Lawe._
_To_ CIRCUMJACK, _v. n._ To correspond with, W. Loth.
CYSTEWS, _s. pl._ Cistertian monks; Fr. _Cistaws_.
_Wyntown._
CITHARIST, _s._ The harp.
_Houlate._
CITHOLIS, _s._ A musical instrument.
_Houlate._
L. B. _citola_, Fr. _citole_, an instrument with cords.
CLAAICK, CLAWICK, _s._ The autumnal feast, or harvest-home, Aberd.; synon. _Maiden_. When the harvest is early finished, it is called the _Maiden Claaick_; when late, the _Carlin Claaick_.
CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called the _kirk-town_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
From Gael. _clachan_, "a circle of stones;" as churches were erected in the same places, which, in times of heathenism, had been consecrated to Druidical worship.
CLACK, _s._ The clapper of a mill, S.
Teut. _klack_, sonora percussio.
CLAES, _pl._ Clothes.
V. ~Claith~.
CLAG, CLAGG, _s._
1. An incumbrance, a burden lying on property; a forensic term, S.
_Dallas._
2. Charge, impeachment of character; fault, or imputation of one, S.
_Ritson._
Teut. _klaghe_, accusatio; Dan. _klage_, a complaint, a grievance. Or perhaps rather from the same origin with E. _clog_; q. what lies as a _clog_ on an estate.
_To_ CLAG, _v. a._ To clog by adhesion, S.
_Wallace._
Dan. _klaeg_, viscous, glutinous, sticky; Isl. _kleggi_, massa compacta.
~Claggy~, _adj._ Unctuous, adhesive, bespotted with mire, S.
V. the _v._
~Claggock~, _s._ "A dirty wench," Gl. Sibb.
_Lyndsay._
CLAHYNNHÉ, CLACHIN. _s._ Clan or tribe of people living in the same district.
_Wyntown._
Gael., Ir. _clan_, id. Moes. G. _klahaim_, children.
CLAYIS, _s. pl._ Clothes, S.
V. ~Claith~.
_To_ CLAIK, _v. n._
1. To make a clucking noise, as a hen does, especially when provoked, S.
2. To cry incessantly, and impatiently, for any thing, S.
3. To talk a great deal in a trivial way, S.; to _clack_, E.
4. To tattle, to report silly stories, S.
Isl. _klak-a_, clango, avium vox propria; _klack-a_, to prattle; Su. G. _klaek_, reproach.
~Claik~, _s._
1. The noise made by a hen, S.
Isl. _klak_, vox avium.
2. An idle or false report; S.
_Morison._
CLAIK, CLAKE, _s._ The bernacle; Anas erythropus (mas) Linn.
_Bellenden._
It seems to have been supposed, that this goose received its name from its _claik_, or the noise which it makes.
CLAIR, _adj._
1. Distinct, exact, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. _clair_, evident, manifest, Lat. _clarus_.
2. Ready, prepared, S. B. _clar_, Orkn.
Dan. _klar_, id.
_Pennecuik._
_To_ CLAIR, _v. a._ To beat, to maltreat.
_Polwart._
_Clearings_ is used metaph. both for scolding, and for beating, Clydes.
CLAISE, Clothes.
V. ~Claith~.
CLAITH, CLAYTH, _s._ Cloth, S., Westmorel.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
_Clais_, _claise_, _claes_, S. pl. Westmorel., also Cumb.
A. S. _clath_, cloth; _clatha_, Isl. Su. G. _klaede_, clothes.
_To_ CLAIVER, _v. n._ To talk idly or foolishly.
V. ~Claver~.
CLAM, _adj._
1. Clammy, S. Belg. _klam_, id.
2. Smooth; as "_clam_ ice," S. B.
CLAM, CLAM-SHELL, _s._ A scallop shell, S. Ostrea opercularis, Linn.
_Sibbald._
Probably from O. Fr. _clame_, a pilgrim's mantle; as these shells were worn on the cape of their mantles, or on their hats, by those who had made a pilgrimage to Palestine, as a symbol of their having crossed the sea.
CLAMS, _s. pl._
1. Strong pincers used by ship-wrights, for drawing large nails, S. B.
2. A vice, generally made of wood; used by artificers for holding any thing fast, S.
3. The instrument, resembling a forceps, employed in weighing gold.
_Shirrefs._
Belg. _klemm-en_, arctare; to pinch.
CLAMEHEWIT, CLAW-MY-HEWIT, _s._
1. A stroke, a drubbing, S.
_Ferguson._
2. A misfortune, Ang.
Qu. _claw my heved_, or head, scratch my head; an ironical expression.
_To_ CLAMP UP, CLAMPER, _v. a._ To patch, to make or mend in a clumsy manner, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
Germ. _klempern_, metallum malleo tundere; _klempener_, one who patches up toys for children.
_To_ CLAMP, CLAMPER, _v. n._ To make a noise with the shoes in walking, S.
~Clamp~, _s._ A heavy footstep or tread.
_Ferguson._
CLANK, _s._ A sharp blow that causes a noise, S.
_Ramsay._
Teut. _klanck_, clangor.
_To_ ~Clank~, _v. a._ To give a sharp stroke, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_To_ ~Clank~ _down_, _v. a._ To throw down with a shrill sharp noise.
_Melvill's MS._
CLANK, _s._ A catch, a hasty hold taken of any object, S. _Claught_, synon.
_Ross._
_To_ CLAP ~the~ HEAD, To commend; conveying the idea of flattery, S.
_Ramsay._
CLAP, _s._ A stroke; _Dedis clap_, the stroke of death.
_Douglas._
Belg. _klap_, a slap, a box on the ear.
CLAP, _s._ A moment; _in a clap_, instantaneously.
_Baillie._
The idea is, a clap of the hand; for _handclap_ is used, S. B.
CLAP _of the hass_, the vulgar designation for the uvula, S.; synon. _pap of the hass_.
CLAP, _s._ A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations through a town, instead of a drum or hand-bell, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
Teut. _klepp-en_, pulsare, sonare; Belg. _klep_, a clapper.
~Clapman~, _s._ A public crier, S.
Belg. _klapperman_, a watchman with a clapper.
CLAPPERS, _s. pl._ Holes intentionally made for rabbits to burrow in, either in an open warren, or within an inclosure.
Fr. _clapier_, id. Su. G. _klapper_, lapides minuti et rotundi.
CLARCHE PIPE.
_Watson's Coll._
CLARE, _adv._ Wholly, entirely, S.
_Douglas._
CLAREMETHEN. According to the law of _claremethen_, any person who claims stolen cattle or goods is required to appear at certain places particularly appointed for this purpose, and prove his right to them, S.
_Skene._
From _clare_, clear, and _meith_, a mark.
CLARGIE, CLERGY, _s._ Erudition.
_Priests Peblis._
Fr. _clergie_, id. from Lat. _clericus_.
_To_ CLARK, _v. a._ To act as amanuensis, S.
_To_ CLART, _v. a._ To dirty, to foul, S. _Clort_, Perths.
~Clarts~, _s. pl._ Dirt, mire, any thing that defiles, S.
Hence,
~Clarty~, _adj._ Dirty, nasty, S. _Clorty_, Perths.
_Maitland Poems._
_Clart._ To spread or smear. _Clarty_; smear'd; A. Bor.
_To_ CLASH, _v. n._
1. To talk idly, S.
_Cleland._
2. To tittle-tattle, to tell tales, S.
Germ. _klatschen_, id.; _klatcherey_, idle talk.
~Clash~, _s._
1. Tittle-tattle, prattle, S.
_Satan's Invis. World._
2. Vulgar fame, the story of the day, S.
_Burns._
_To_ CLASH, _v. a._ To pelt, to throw dirt, S.
_Dunbar._
Teut. _klets-en_, resono ictu verberare; Dan. _klatsk-er_, to flap.
~Clash~, _s._ A blow, a stroke, S.
Germ. _klatch_, id.