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_s.h.i.+rrefs._

Qu. resembling a _clod_ of earth.

CLOFF, _s._

1. A fissure of any kind.

2. What is otherwise S. called the _cleaving_.

Lat. intercapedo.

_Lyndsay._

3. A cleft between adjacent hills, Loth.

4. The cleft of a tree, or that part of it where the branches separate from each other, Loth.

Isl. _kloff_, Su. G. _kloffwa_, a fissure.

CLOIS, _s._ Crown.

_Douglas._

Teut. _klos_, globus.

CLOYS, _s._ A cloister.

_Douglas._

Teut. _kluyse_, clausura, locus clausus, L. B. _clusa_.

CLOIT, _s._ A clown, a stupid inactive fellow, S.

Teut. _kloete_, h.o.m.o obtusus, hebes.

_To_ CLOIT, _v. n._ To fall heavily, S.

_Hamilton_.

Belg. _klots-en_, to beat with noise.

~Cloit~, _s._ A hard or heavy fall, S.