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close, closie, closs, clossie,
close [klos, klɔs]
n. A courtyard, an enclosed space adjoining a house. A farmyard, the yard round which the farm-buildings are arranged. The passageway leading into a courtyard, any narrow passage or alley. A narrow street. The entry to a tenement house, the open passage-way giving access to the common stairs and the floors above. MN. a bed recess.
dim. closie DD. The stairwell in a block of flats.
closhach, clossach,
closhach [ˈklɔʃəx, ˈklɔsəx, ˈklʌʃəx]
n. The carcass of a fowl, a mass of something, a hoard of money.
Compounds and phrases etc.
the hale closhach: The whole quantity or number.
closter, kloster, kløster, kluster, klüster,
closter [ˈklostər]
n. A cloister.
clot, clotter, clotterd, clottered, clottert, clottit,
clot [klotərt, klɔtərt, -d]
n. A clot.
v. Also clotter To clot, coagulate.
pt. pp. clottit
clottert, clottered
adj. Clotted, congealed, caked.
cloon, cloun,
cloun [klun]
n. A clown.
cloop, cloopie, cloopy, cloup, cloupie, cloupy,
cloup [klup]
n. A walking stick with a curved handle.
dim. cloupie
cataclue, catticloo, catticlou, catticlour, clooer, cloor, cloored, cloorer, cloort, clour, cloured, clourer, clourit, clourt, clure, clured, kattaklu, kattaklur, katticloo, kattikloo, kattiklu, kattiklur, kloor, kloorer, klur, klurer,
clour [kluːr, ˈkluər]
n. A blow. A lump or swelling. A dent. I. A scratch.
v. To deal a blow on, to batter, thump, a hollow or dent, damage or disfigure in any way. To broach stones. I. To scratch with claws.
pt. pp. clourt, cloured
Compounds and phrases etc
catticlour [I.Sh. ˈkatərkluː(r)]: A disorderly crowd or flock, a hurry-scurry, any sort of noisy quarrel.
clourer [ˈkluːrər, ˈkluərər]: A broach or broaching-chisel, a mason's hammer.
clave, cleave, cloave, clove, cloves,
clove [kloːv]
n. An instrument for preparing flax.
pl. cloves A wooden vice.
v. To break or split the fibres of flax preparatory to heckling it.
clowe,
clowe [klʌu]
n. The spice called a clove from the buds of Syzygium aromaticum.
cloush, cloushit, clowsh, clowshit, clush, clushit, klush, klushit,
clowsh [NN.b. klʌuʃ, I.Sh. klʌʃ]
n. A lump. An ungainly person, a clumsy person etc.
clowshit
adj. Very clumsy.
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