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

CLECKIN-BROD, s. A board for striking with at hand-ball, Loth. Baw-brod, i. e. ball-board, synon.

Isl. klecke, leviter verbero.

To CLEED, CLEITH, v. a.
1. To clothe, S.
Burns.
2. Metaph. applied to foliage.
Ferguson.
3. Used obliquely, to denote the putting on of armour.
Acts Marie.
4. To seek protection from.
Spalding.

Isl. Su. G. klaed-a, Germ. kleid-en, Belg. kleed-en, Dan. klaed-er, id.

Cleeding, Cleading, s. Clothing, apparel, S.

Germ. kleidung, id.
Ramsay.

Cled Score, A phrase signifying twenty-one in number, S.
Statist. Acc.

Qu. clothed with one in addition.

CLEG, GLEG, s. A gad-fly, a horse-fly. It is pronounced gleg, S. B. cleg, Clydes. A. Bor. id.
Hudson.

Dan. klaeg, id. tabanus.