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_To_ CLAT, CLAUT, _v. a._

1. To rake together dirt or mire, S.

2. To rake together, in a general sense, S.

Su. G. _kladd_, filth.

3. To sc.r.a.pe, to scratch any thing together.

_Burns._

~Clat~, ~Claut~, _s._

1. An instrument for raking together dirt or mire, S.

2. A hoe, as employed in the labours of husbandry, S.

3. The act of raking together, as applied to property.

4. What is sc.r.a.ped together by n.i.g.g.ardliness, S.

_Burns._

_To_ CLATCH, _v. a._

1. To daub with lime, S.; _harle_, synon.

2. To close up with any adhesive substance.

Isl. _kleose_, _kleste_, lino, oblino.

~Clatch~, _s._ Any thing thrown for the purpose of daubing.

Isl. _klessa_, any thing that bedaubs.

_To_ CLATCH, SKLATCH, _v. a._ To finish any piece of workmans.h.i.+p in a careless and hurried way, without regard to the rules of art, S.

~Clatch~, _s._ Any piece of mechanical work done in a careless way, S.

CLATH, CLAITH, _s._ Cloth, S.

V. ~Claith~.

_To_ CLATT, _v. a._ To bedaub, to dirty, S. _Clate_, to daub, A. Bor.

~Clattie~, _adj._ Nasty, dirty, S. _Claity_, id., c.u.mb.

_Z. Boyd._

Su. G. _kladd_, sordes, _kladd-a sig ned_, se vestesque suas inquinare; Belg. _kladd-en_, to daub, _kladdig_, dirty.

_To_ CLATTER, _v. a._

1. To prattle, to act as a tell-tale, S.

_Dunbar._

2. To chat, to talk familiarly, S.

Teut. _kletter-n_, concrepare.

~Clatter~, _s._

1. An idle or vague rumour, S.

_Hudson._

2. Idle talk, frivolous loquacity, S.

_J. Nicol._

3. Free and familiar conversation, S.

_s.h.i.+rrefs._

~Clatterer~, _s._ A tale-bearer, S.

_Lyndsay._

~Clattern~, _s._ A tattler, a babbler, Loth.

_Ramsay._

CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A village in which there is a church.

V. ~Clachan~.

CLAUCHT, _pret._ s.n.a.t.c.hed, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.

_Douglas._

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