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_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._
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._
