An etymological dictionary of the Scottish language - Electric Scotland

CLI [454] CLO
Hit ar the dippes of the son, I herd a clerk say.
Sir Gawan and Sir Gal., i. 8.
Corr. from Lat. ecllpsis, id. Chaucer has clipsy,
which Tynvhitt renders, " as if eclipsed."
CLIPS, pres. v. Suffers an eclipse.
"The soune is maid obscure til vs quhen it clips, be
cause the vmbre and schaddou of the bak of the mune
is betuix vs and the soune." Compl. S., p. 87.
0. E. id. "Clyppes [Fr.], eclypse, recousse de soleil ;"
Palsgr. B. ii. F. 24.
CLIPS, . pi " Shears;" Gl. Burns,
S. O.
A bonnier flesh ne'er cross'd the clips
Than Mailie's dead.
Burns, iii. 82.
Isl. klipp-ur, id., forfices ; k!ipp-a, tondere.
CLIP-SHEARS, s. The name given to the
ear-wig, Loth., Fife ; apparently from the
form of its feelers, as having some resemblance
to a pair
of shears, or scissors.
CLYEE, s. 1. "A clyre in meat," a gland,
S. Teut. kliere, id.
2. " He has nae clyres in his heart," he is an
honest upright man, Clydes.
3. Clyres in pi., diseased glands in cattle ; as,
" My cow dee't i' the clyres fernyear," S. A.
V. CLYERS.
" To leave no
4. It is also used figuratively.
klyres in one's breast," to go to the bottom of
any quarrel or grudge, S.
CLYRED, adj. Having tumours in
The allusion is to a horse.
the flesh.
Up start a priest and his hug head claws,
Whose conscience was but yet in dead thraws,
And did not cease to cave and paut,
While clyred back was prickt anil gald.
Cleland's Poems, p. 66.
To CLISH, v. a. Expl. as signifying
to repeat
an idle story, Fife.; hence the s. Clishclash
has been derived, the
repetition
or
tattling of stories of this description, S.
CLISH-CLASH, s. Idle discourse, bandied
backwards and forwards, S.; apparently a re-
duplication of clash, q. v.
CLISH-MA-CLAVER, s. Idle discourse, silly talk,
S. a low word.
;
Tliis method's ever thought the braver,
Than either cuffs, or clis/i-ma-claver.
Ramsay's Works,
i. 444.
What further clishmaclaver might been said,
What bloody wars, if sprites had blood to shed,
No man can tell
Burns, iii. 59.
To CLISHMACLAVER, v. n. To be engaged in
idle discourse, Ayrs.
" It's no riglit o' you, sir, to keep me clishrnaclavering
when I should be taking my pick, that the
master's wark mayna gae by." Sir A. Wylie, i. 109.
To CLYTE, v. n. To fall heavily, Loth.
CLYTE, s, A hard or heavy fall, ibid.
CLYTIE, s. A diminutive from Clyte, generally
applied to the fall of a child, ibid. V.
CLOIT, v. and s.
CLYTE, KLYTE, adj. Splay-footed, Roxb.
CLYTRIE, s. Filth, offscourings, S. Hence,
CLYTRIE-MAID, s. A female servant employed
in carrying off filth or refuse, Loth.
From a Flesh-market close-head a dytrie-maid came,
And a pitcher with blood she did carry.
G. Wilson's Coll. of Songs, p. 65. V. CLOITER.
A. Bor. chittert is expl. "in heaps;" Grose.
GLITTER-CLATTER, s. Idle talk, bandied
backwards and forwards, S.
Upstart another with a smile,
And said, my Lord, shall all your while
Be spent in idle dittcr-clatter
And waving fingers in the water ?
Cleland's Poems, p. 103.
Thus, after meikle clitter-claUer,
James fund he cou'dna mend the matter.
Ramsay's Poems,
V. CLATTER, a. and v.
ii. 523.
GLITTER-CLATTER, n. With quick and
rattling sounds, Dumfr.
Tat, tat, a rat-tat, clitter clatter,
Gun after gun play'd Hitter blatter.
Afayne's Siller Gun, p. 91.
CL1VACE, s. A hook for catching the bucket
in which coals are drawn up from the pit,
Loth.
CLIVVIE,
s. 1. A cleft in the branch of a
tree, Banffs. ; sometimes also, a branch.
2. An artificial cleft in a piece of wood, for
holding a rush-light, ibid.
Evidently from Su.-G. klifw-a, to cleave.
CLOA, s. Coarse woollen cloth, Isle of Skye.
"A sort of coarse woolen cloth called cloa, or caddoex,
the manufacture of their wives, made into short jackets
and trowsers, is the common dress of the men." Stat.
Ace., xvi. 160.
Gael, do, raw cloth.
[CLOBBER, CLABBER, s. Mud, clay, dirt,
synon. Glaur, Ayrs.]
CLOBBERHOY, s. A dirty walker, one who in
walking clogs himself with mire, Ayrs.
[CLOBBERY, "
CLABBERY, adj.
Ayrs.]
Dirty, muddy,
Gael, clabar, clay, dirt, filth.
CLOCE. V. CLOSE.
To CLOCH, CLOGH, CLOUGH, v.
(gutt.)
n.
To cough frequently and feebly, Loth. ;
obviously from a common Clocher.
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