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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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clisg, start, Ir. cliosg (Meath Dial., clist); from clis.

clisinnean, boat ribs, clisneach, rib:

clisneach, the human body, carcase, outward appearance (Arm.; not H.S.D.):

clisneach, a bar-gate (H.S.D.), a rib (Wh.):

cliù, renown, praise, Ir., O. Ir. clú, W. clyw, sense of hearing, clod, praise; Gr. κλέος, fame; Skr. çravás, I. E. kleu, hear. See further under cluinn.

cliùchd, mend nets:

cliùd, a slap with the fingers; from the Sc. clout, Eng. clout, a cuff, "clout".

cliùd, a small or disabled hand; from Sc. cloot, hoof, half-hoof?

clò, clòth, broad-cloth; from Eng. cloth, clothing, etc.

clò, a print, printing press, M. G. cló (Carswell), Ir. cló, clódh (clodhuighim, Coneys; E. Ir. clod, mark?); cf. the next word. Also clòdh.

clò, a nail, Ir., E. Ir. clò, W. clo, key, Br. klao, tool, *klavo-; Lat. clâvus, nail, clavis, key; Gr. κλείς, key, etc. See claoidh.

clò-chadail, slumber; see clòth.

clobha, a pair of tongs; from Norse klofi, a fork (of a river), a forked mast, snuffers, klof, fork of the legs, "cloven, cleft". The Ir. clobh(a) in Con. and Fol., and the clomh of Lh., seems a Scottish importation, for Coneys says the vernacular is tlobh. In fact, the Ir. word is tlú, tlúgh: "lifter"; root tḷ- as in Lat. tollo?

clobhsa, a close, lane, farm-yard, Ir. clamhsa, W. claws; from Eng. close. Also, clamhsa, q.v.

clochranaich, wheezing in the throat (M'F.; Sh. has clochar, and clochan, respire); from Sc. clocher, wheezing, cloch, cough feebly. It is an onomatopoetic word, like Eng. cluck, clock.

clod, a clod, turf; from the Eng.

clogad, clogaid, a helmet, Ir. clogad, M. Ir. clogat, at chluic, E. Ir. clocatt; from ad, hat, q.v., and †clog, head, which see in claigionn.

clogais, a wooden clog; from Eng. clogs.

cloidhean, the pitch of the box-tree or any shrub tree (Arm.; not H.S.D.). Cf. glaoghan.

cloimh, scab, itch, Ir. clamh, scurvy, E. Ir. clam, leprosus, W. clafr, leprosy, claf, diseased, Cor. claf (do.), M. Br. claff (do.), Br. klanv, *klamo-, sick; Skr. klam, weary; Gr. κλαμαρός, weak (Hes.); Lat. clêmens.

clòimh, wool, down of feathers, Ir. clúmh, down, feathers, E. Ir. clúm, pluma, W. pluf, plumage; from Lat. pluma (Eng. plumage).