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CITHARIST, _s._ The harp.

_Houlate._

CITHOLIS, _s._ A musical instrument.

_Houlate._

L. B. _citola_, Fr. _citole_, an instrument with cords.

CLAAICK, CLAWICK, _s._ The autumnal feast, or harvest-home, Aberd.; synon. _Maiden_. When the harvest is early finished, it is called the _Maiden Claaick_; when late, the _Carlin Claaick_.

CLACHAN, CLAUCHANNE, _s._ A small village, bordering on the Highlands, in which there is a parish-church, S. Elsewhere, it is called the _kirk-town_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

From Gael. _clachan_, ”a circle of stones;” as churches were erected in the same places, which, in times of heathenism, had been consecrated to Druidical wors.h.i.+p.

CLACK, _s._ The clapper of a mill, S.

Teut. _klack_, sonora percussio.

CLAES, _pl._ Clothes.

V. ~Claith~.

CLAG, CLAGG, _s._

1. An inc.u.mbrance, a burden lying on property; a forensic term, S.

_Dallas._

2. Charge, impeachment of character; fault, or imputation of one, S.

_Ritson._

Teut. _klaghe_, accusatio; Dan. _klage_, a complaint, a grievance.

Or perhaps rather from the same origin with E. _clog_; q. what lies as a _clog_ on an estate.

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