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

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.
Shirrefs.

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. Snatched, laid hold of eagerly and suddenly.
Douglas.

Su. G. klaa, unguibus veluti fixis prehendere. This may be viewed as the pret. of the v. [Cleik], q. v.

Claucht, Claught, s. A catch or seizure of any thing in a sudden and forcible way, S.
Ross.

To CLAVER, v. a.
1. To talk idly, or in a nonsensical manner, S. pron. claiver.
Ramsay.
2. To chat, to gossip, S.
Morison.