Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes

by Geoffrey Chaucer

Cloud, s. T. ii. 766, 781; iv. 200; Cloude, 3. 343; T. i. 175; sky, T. iii. 433; Cloudes, pl. HF. 966.

Cloudeles, adj. cloudless, B 4. m 1. 14.

Cloudy, adj. darkening, T. ii. 768.

Cloumben; see Climben.

Clout, s. bit of cloth, C 736; patch, R. 458; Cloutes, pl. fragments, E 1953; rags, B 1. p 3. 30; C 348.

Clouted, pp. clothed in patched garments, patched up, R. 223.

Cloven, pp. of Cleve (1).

Clowes, pl. claws, HF. 1785. See Clawes.

Clow-gelofre, pp. clove, the spice so called, R. 1368; Clowe-gilofre, B 1952. Fr. clou de girofle.

Clustred, pp. covered with clouds, B 1. m 3. 4. (Lat. glomerantur.)