An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 168

Dan. _klaeg_, id. taba.n.u.s.

CLEIK, _adj._ Lively, agile, fleet, Loth.

V. ~Cleuch~, _adj._

_To_ CLEIK, CLEK, CLEEK, _v. a._ To catch as by a hook, S.

_Ramsay._

2. To lay hold of, after the manner of a hook, S.

3. To seize, in whatever way, whether by force, or by fraud, S.

_Lyndsay._

4. _To cleik up_, obliquely used, to raise, applied to a song.

_Peblis to the Play._

Isl. _hleik-ia_, to bind with chains.

~Cleik~, ~Clek~, _s._

1. An iron hook.

_Acts Ja. I._

2. A hold of any object, S.

3. The arm, metaph. used.

_A. Nicol._

Isl. _klakr_, ansa c.l.i.tellarum, _hleck-r_, an iron chain.

~Cleiky~, _adj._ Ready to take the advantage, inclined to circ.u.mvent, S.

~Cleiks~, _s. pl._ A cramp in the legs, to which horses are subject.

_Montgomerie._

CLEYNG, Perhaps, a dark substance.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

_To_ CLEK, CLEKE, _v. a._

1. To hatch, to produce young by incubation, S.

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

2. To bear, to bring forth, S.

_Douglas._

3. To hatch, as applied to the mind, S.

_Ramsay._

4. To feign.

_Maitland Poems._

Su. G. _klaeck-a_, Isl. _klek-ia_, excludere pullos.

~Cleckin~, _s._

1. A brood of chickens, S.

2. Metaph. a family of children, S.

CLEKET, _s._ The tricker of an engine.

_Barbour._

E. _clicket_, the knocker of a door, Fr. _cliquet_, id.

_To_ CLEM, _v. a._

1. To stop a hole by compressing, S.

2. To stop a hole by means of lime, clay, &c.; also to _clem up_, S.

A. S. _cleam-ian_, id.

_To_ CLEP, CLEPE, _v. a._ To call, to name.

_Wallace._

A. S. _cleop-an_, _clyp-ian_, vocare.

~Clep~, _s._ A more solemn form of citation, used especially in criminal cases.