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_Ramsay._

Teut. _klanck_, clangor.

_To_ ~Clank~, _v. a._ To give a sharp stroke, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

_To_ ~Clank~ _down_, _v. a._ To throw down with a shrill sharp noise.

_Melvill's MS._

CLANK, _s._ A catch, a hasty hold taken of any object, S. _Claught_, synon.

_Ross._

_To_ CLAP ~the~ HEAD, To commend; conveying the idea of flattery, S.

_Ramsay._

CLAP, _s._ A stroke; _Dedis clap_, the stroke of death.

_Douglas._

Belg. _klap_, a slap, a box on the ear.

CLAP, _s._ A moment; _in a clap_, instantaneously.

_Baillie._

The idea is, a clap of the hand; for _handclap_ is used, S. B.

CLAP _of the ha.s.s_, the vulgar designation for the uvula, S.; synon.

_pap of the ha.s.s_.

CLAP, _s._ A flat instrument of iron, resembling a box, with a tongue and handle, used for making proclamations through a town, instead of a drum or hand-bell, S.

_Chron. S. Poet._

Teut. _klepp-en_, pulsare, sonare; Belg. _klep_, a clapper.

~Clapman~, _s._ A public crier, S.

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