Part 169 (2/2)

1. Clever, dextrous, light-fingered, S. B.

2. n.i.g.g.ardly and severe in dealing, S. B.

Isl. _klok-r_, callidus, vafer; Germ. _klug_, id.

CLEUCK, CLUKE, _s._

1. A claw or talon.

_Lyndsay._

2. Used figuratively for the hand. Hence _cair-cleuck_, the left hand, S. B.

_Morison._

Perhaps a dimin. from Su. G. _klo_, Teut. _klauwe_, a claw or talon.

_To_ ~Cleuck~, ~Cleuk~, _v. a._ To grip, to seize with violence, Aberd.

_Forbes._

CLEUE and LAW, Higher and lower part.

_Barbour._

_Cleue_ seems to be the same with Germ. _kleve_, A. S. _clif_, clivus.

_To_ CLEVER, _v. n._ To climb, to scramble. A. Bor. id.

_King's Quair._

Teut. _klaver-en_, _klever-en_, sursum reptare unguibus fixis, Isl.

_klifr-a_, id.

CLEVERUS, _adj._ Clever.

V. ~Cleuch~.

CLEVIS, Leg. _clevir_, i. e. clover.

_Maitland Poems._

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