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CLAIK, CLAKE, _s._ The bernacle; Anas erythropus (mas) Linn.

_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._

It seems to have been supposed, that this goose received its name from its _claik_, or the noise which it makes.

CLAIR, _adj._

1. Distinct, exact, S. B.

_Ross._

Fr. _clair_, evident, manifest, Lat. _clarus_.

2. Ready, prepared, S. B. _clar_, Orkn.

Dan. _klar_, id.

_Pennecuik._

_To_ CLAIR, _v. a._ To beat, to maltreat.

_Polwart._

_Clearings_ is used metaph. both for scolding, and for beating, Clydes.

CLAISE, Clothes.

V. ~Claith~.

CLAITH, CLAYTH, _s._ Cloth, S., Westmorel.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

_Clais_, _claise_, _claes_, S. pl. Westmorel., also c.u.mb.

A. S. _clath_, cloth; _clatha_, Isl. Su. G. _klaede_, clothes.

_To_ CLAIVER, _v. n._ To talk idly or foolishly.

V. ~Claver~.

CLAM, _adj._

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