A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Clomstnes], sb. numbness, fixedness, H.

[ Cloos], adj. close, C3; clos, MD.—AF. clos, closed, pp. of clore; Lat. claudere.

[ Clos], sb. an enclosure, a locked-up place, MD; cloos, Prompt., S2; cloyss, S3.

[ Closen], v. to close, to enclose, MD.—From AF. clos, pp.; Lat. clausum. See [Cloos].

[ Closter], sb. cloister, MD; see [Clauster].

[ Closures], sb. pl. enclosures, fastenings, S3.

[ Closyngis], sb. pl. gates, W2.

[ Clot], sb. a clod, MD; clotte, Cath.; clodde, Prompt., Palsg., Manip.; clottes, pl., lumps, S2; clottis, W2. See Weigand (s.v. kloss).

[ Clote], sb. burdock, Voc., MD, Prompt., Alph.; cloote, MD.—AS. cláte.

[ Clote-bur], sb. burr of the burdock, C3.