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_Skene._

_To_ CLEP, _v. n._

1. To act the tell-tale, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To chatter, to prattle; especially, as implying the idea of pertness, S.

Belg. _klapp-en_, to tattle, to betray.

~Clep~, _s._ Tattle, pert loquacity, S.

Belg. _ydele klap_, idle chat.

CLERGY.

V. ~Clargie~.

CLERK-PLAYIS, _s. pl._ Properly, those theatrical representations the subjects of which were borrowed from Scripture.

_Calderwood._

CLETT, _s._ A projecting rock or cliff, Caithn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _klett-ur_, rupes mari imminens.

CLEUCH, CLEUGH, (gutt.) _s._

1. A precipice, a rugged ascent, S. B. _Heuch_, synon.

_Wallace._

Ir. _cloichs_; a rock.

2. A strait hollow between precipitous banks, or a hollow descent on the side of a hill, S.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _clough_, rima quaedam vel fissura ad montis clivum vel declivum.

CLEUCH, _adj._

1. Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S. B.

2. n.i.g.g.ardly and severe in dealing, S. B.

Isl. _klok-r_, callidus, vafer; Germ. _klug_, id.

CLEUCK, CLUKE, _s._

1. A claw or talon.

_Lyndsay._

2. Used figuratively for the hand. Hence _cair-cleuck_, the left hand, S. B.

_Morison._

Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G. _klo_, Teut. _klauwe_, a claw or talon.

_To_ ~Cleuck~, ~Cleuk~, _v. a._ To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.

_Forbes._

CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.

_Barbour._

_Cleue_ seems to be the same with Germ. _kleve_, A. S. _clif_, clivus.

_To_ CLEVER, _v. n._ To climb, to scramble. A. Bor. id.

_King's Quair._

Teut. _klaver-en_, _klever-en_, sursum reptare unguibus fixis, Isl.

_klifr-a_, id.

CLEVERUS, _adj._ Clever.

V. ~Cleuch~.

CLEVIS, Leg. _clevir_, i. e. clover.

_Maitland Poems._

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