An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

CLASH, s. A heap of any heterogeneous substances, S.

Isl. klase, rudis nexura, quasi congelatio.

CLASH, s. A cavity of considerable extent in the acclivity of a hill, S.

CLASPS, s. pl. An inflammation of the termination of the sublingual gland, a disease of horses, Border.
Watson.

CLAT, s. Used as synon. with [clod].
Z. Boyd.

Teut. klotte, kluyte, id. gleba, massa.

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 scrape, 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 scraped together by niggardliness, S.
Burns.