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

CLEVIS, Leg. clevir, i. e. clover.
Maitland Poems.

To CLEW, v. n. To cleave, to fasten.

Teut. klev-en, id.

Wyntown.

CLEWIS, s. pl. Claws, talons.
V. [Cleuck].
Douglas.

CLIBBER, CLUBBER, s. A wooden saddle, a packsaddle, Caithn. Orkn.
Statist. Acc.

Isl. klifberi, clitellae, from klif, fascis, sarcina, and beri portator.

CLICK-CLACK, s. Uninterrupted loquacity, S.

From E. click and clack, both expressive of a sharp successive noise; or Teut. klick-en, crepitare, klack-en, verberare resono ictu.

CLIFT, s. A spot of ground, S.