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Shetl. there is also found a form kloud [klåud] as a place-name (Klouden: Vela Isle, W.), corresponding to Cymr. clawdd. See Shetl. Stedn. p. 240.

†klogg [klɔg (klåg), klȯg], sb. and vb., = klegg, sb. and vb.

kloit [klȯi‘t], sb., a smack; plash; he fell wi’ a k. i’ de gutters (in the mire). U^mo. The same word as kläit, adv., prop. sb.

klokk¹ [klɔk, klåk], sb., a beetle, esp. in compds. as honnklokk (hornklokk, hondiklokk), nasicornous beetle, witchi-klokk, a species of large beetle, and “water-klokk”, water-beetle, dytiscus. Icel. and Fær. klukka, f., Eng. dial. and L.Sc. clock, sb., a beetle. Icel. brúnklukka, f., corresponds to Shetl. “water-klokk”.

†klokk² [klåk], sb., bract of rush; de k. o’ de flos. N.I. In the same sense also bøti [bøti]. N.I. — O.N. klokka, f., a cloak (M.Lat. cloca).

†klokk, vb., see klukk, vb.

kloks, sb., a kind of milk-pottage. Uⁿ.? Edm.: cloks, “a preparation of milk, milk boiled for hours until it acquires a dark colour and a peculiar taste”. *klaks(a) or *kluks(a), a soft or pulpy mass. See glaks, gluks, etc.

klombong(i), sb., see klumbung(i).

klonger [klɔŋgər], sb., wild brier, wild rose. N.I.; Conn. (Fladabister). — Sometimes (as in Bastavo, Y.) = klonger-berry, flower-bud of the wild brier. klonger-flooer, brier-bloom. O.N. klungr, m., brier.

klonk¹, sb. and vb., see klunk¹, sb. and vb.

klonk², sb. and vb., see klunk², sb. and vb.

klons [klȯ‘ᶇᶊ], sb., 1) a lump; Edm.: klunsh. 2) a stroke, dull blow. *kluns. With klons, in sense 1, cf. No. and Sw. dial. kluns, m.,

a lump; big knot. See the foll. word as well as kloss, sb.

klons [klȯ'ᶇᶊ], vb., to smack, to give a dull blow; to strike a soft or damp object against something; he klonst it op alang de wa’ [‘wall’]. Fe. ? No. klunsa, vb., to strike with a stubby object.

klont [klȯ‘ᶇt (klȯi‘nt)], sb., 1) a lump; piece of wood, esp.: a) log of wood, a k. o’ wood; a piece of wood, badly hewn; a k. o’ a tree; b) a shapeless stone, a k. o’ a sten. Uⁿ. 2) a corpulent, clumsy person; an obese, dull person, a k. o’ a fellow. Uⁿ. — Cf. Da. klunt, c., log of wood (No. klant, m., a clod, No. and Sw. dial. kluns, m., α) a lump, log of wood; β) a corpulent, clumsy person, Sw. dial. klunn, m., a stumpy piece of wood).

kloss [klȯᶊ], sb., 1) a lump; a clumsy object or person. Fo. 2) a fall of something heavy and clumsy, a thud; to fa’ [‘fall’] wi’ a k. Nmⁿ. (N.Roe). Also as interj., smack! splash! = kläit; he fell kloss upon his back or face (N.Roe). — Prob. from klons by assimilation of ns to ss. See klons, a) a lump; b) a stroke, and cf. No. and Sw. dial. kluns, m., a) a lump, etc.; b) a corpulent, clumsy person.

klosser [klȯᶊər], sb., a species of large beetle, witchi-klokk, found in the out-field, esp. in dry, peaty soil. Conn. Prob. for *klonser, and prop. the same word as kloss, sb. 1, and *klons, sb. 1.

klosset [klȯᶊət] and klossi [klȯᶊɩ], adj., stout and clumsy. Deriv. of kloss, sb.

kloster [klȯstər (klostər)], sb., tabu-name, sea-term for chapel or church. Wests. Also kluster [klustar (klostar)] (Fo.) and kløster [klø̄stər, kløstər] (Sa. occas., Sa^e. and Ai^w.). O.N. klaustr, n., a convent, monastery.

klov¹ [klȯv], sb., hoof, cloven