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, s.
1. A brood of chickens, S.
2. Metaph. a family of children, S.

CLEKET, s. The tricker of an engine.
Barbour.

E. clicket, the knocker of a door, Fr. cliquet, id.

To CLEM, v. a.
1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.
2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also to clem up, S.

A. S. cleam-ian, id.

To CLEP, CLEPE, v. a. To call, to name.
Wallace.

A. S. cleop-an, clyp-ian, vocare.

Clep, s. A more solemn form of citation, used especially in criminal cases.
Skene.

To CLEP, v. n.
1. To act the tell-tale, S.
Ramsay.
2. To chatter, to prattle; especially, as implying the idea of pertness, S.

Belg. klapp-en, to tattle, to betray.