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etc., as in claidheamh, coille, q.v. Hence, inter alia, clàrach, a woman of clumsy figure, "board-built".
clàrsach, a harp, Ir. cláirseach; from clár. Cf. for meaning fiodhcheall, chess-play, "wood-intelligence".
clasp, claspa, a clasp, Ir. clasba; from the Eng.
clàtar, mire (Dial.); from Sc. clart.
clathnàire, bashfulness (M'D., who writes clàthnàire. H.S.D. gives the form in the text): clath+nàire; see nàire. clath seems from the root qel, hide, as in ceil, q.v. (H.S.D.).
cleachd, a practice, custom, Ir. cleachdadh, E. Ir. clechtaim, I am wont, *kḷcto-, root qel, as in Lat. colo, Eng. cultivate, Gr. πέλομαι, go, be, etc. Cf., however, cleas.
cleachd, a ringlet, a fillet of wool, E. Ir. clechtaim, I plait (Cam.), W. pleth; from Lat. plecto, Eng. plait.
clearc, a curl, lock of hair:
cleas, a play, trick, feat, so Ir., E. Ir. cless, *clessu-, *clexu-; root klek, klok, as in cluich, q.v.
cleath, concealment, hiding; also cleith (*kleti-s); inf. to ceil, hide, q.v.
cleibe, an instrument for laying hold of fish, or of sea-fowls, Ir. clipe; from Eng. clip, a gaff or cleek, a fastener, Norse klýpa, to pinch, O. H. G. chluppa, tongs.
cléir, the clergy, Ir. cléir; from Lat. clêrus. See the next word.
cléireach, a clerk, a cleric, O. G. clérec (Bk.of Deer), Ir. cléireach, E. Ir. clérech, Br. kloarek; from Lat. clēricus, a clerk, cleric, from Gr. κληρικός (do.), from κλῆρος, a lot, office: "the lot (κλῆρον) of this ministry" (Acts i. 17).
cleit, a quill, feather, down, Ir. cleite:
cleit, a rocky eminence; from Norse klettr, rock, cliff. Common in Northern place-names.
cleit, bar, ridge (Carm.).
cleith, a stake, wattle, Ir. cleith, cleath, E. Ir. cleth, tignum, W. clyd, sheltering, M. Br. clet, warm (place); root qleit, qlit, O. Sax. hhlîdan, cover, Got. hleiðra, hut, Ch. Sl. kleti, house. Hence cleith, roof; the E. Ir. cléthe, roof, roof-pole, appears to be for kleitio-, the same root in its full vocalic form (Schräder).
cleith, concealing, O. Ir. cleith; see cleath.
cleitig, clitig, a measure of land—an 8th of the "penny" land:
cleòc, a cloak, Ir. clóca; from the Eng.
cleuraidh, one who neglects work (Arran):
clì, vigour:
clì, left (hand), wrong, Ir. clí, E. Ir. clí, W. cledd, O. W. cled, Br. kleiz, *klijo; root klei, incline, Got. hleiduma, left, etc. See further under claon.
