Part 169 (1/2)

_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.

~Clep~, _s._ Tattle, pert loquacity, S.

Belg. _ydele klap_, idle chat.

CLERGY.

V. ~Clargie~.

CLERK-PLAYIS, _s. pl._ Properly, those theatrical representations the subjects of which were borrowed from Scripture.

_Calderwood._

CLETT, _s._ A projecting rock or cliff, Caithn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _klett-ur_, rupes mari imminens.

CLEUCH, CLEUGH, (gutt.) _s._

1. A precipice, a rugged ascent, S. B. _Heuch_, synon.

_Wallace._

Ir. _cloichs_; a rock.

2. A strait hollow between precipitous banks, or a hollow descent on the side of a hill, S.

_Evergreen._

A. S. _clough_, rima quaedam vel fissura ad montis clivum vel declivum.

CLEUCH, _adj._