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

Germ. klaffer, garrulus.

Claver, Claiver, s. Frivolous talk, prattle, S.
Ramsay.

CLAVER, CLAUIR, s. Clover, S.
Douglas.

A. S. claefer, Belg. klaver, id. from A. S. cleafan, to cleave, because of the remarkable division of the leaves.

CLAW, s. A kind of iron spoon for scraping the bake-board, Ang.

Teut. klauw-en, scalpere, klauwe, rastrum.

To CLAY, CLAY UP, v. a. To stop a hole or chink by any unctuous or viscous substance, S.
Ferguson.

CLEAVING, s. The division in the human body from the os pubis downwards, S.
V. [Clof].
Ramsay.

Isl. klof, femorum intercapedo.

To CLECK, v. a. To hatch.
V. [Clek].